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Book SynopsisTo celebrate the centenary of the publication of Ulysses, the most important literary work of the twentieth century, eighteen artists, writers and thinkers respond to an episode each of the great modernist text. Each essayist is an expert in one of the subjects treated in the novel, but what brings them together is a common love of
Ulysses.
Joseph O'Connor considers the music-saturated Sirens episode and
David McWilliams writes about the bigotry and violence of nationalism on display in Cyclops. Irish obstetrician
Rhona Mahony responds to Oxen and the Sun, set in a maternity hospital, journalist
Lara Marlowe examines the Aeolus episode, which takes place in a newspaper office, and Irish philosopher
Richard Kearney reflects on the erudite musings of Stephen Dedalus as he walks along Sandymount strand.
The Book About Everything counters the perception of
Ulysses as the sole preserve of academics and instead showcases readers' responses to the book. It is a vivid, even eccentric collection, filled with life and Joycean spirit.
Trade ReviewCan profitably be read by anyone with an interest in Joyce... Illuminating insights underscore that
Ulysses will continue to be a touchstone into its second century * Irish Times *
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Ulysses is not the sole preserve of academics * Big Issue North *
