Posted: Jan 16, 2023 2:30 pm
I don't get Ulysses. Tried, failed.
The first few chapters are OK, while it's still making normal sense, but once the stream of consciousness starts: no. Can't get into it.
I don't necessarily need everything to be literal and commonsensical, I'm perfectly at home with figurative poetry (denizens of these book challenge threads know that I'm very fond of The Waste Land), but Ulysses just doesn't find an entrance into my brain.
The first few chapters are OK, while it's still making normal sense, but once the stream of consciousness starts: no. Can't get into it.
I don't necessarily need everything to be literal and commonsensical, I'm perfectly at home with figurative poetry (denizens of these book challenge threads know that I'm very fond of The Waste Land), but Ulysses just doesn't find an entrance into my brain.