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Fiction

ExWhoDoesntCare

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6. Crossposted from dupe thread

Reply to cbabe (Original post)

Sun Nov 12, 2023, 03:26 PM

Nov 2023

Am I the only one who clicked on this...

And expected to see that the people got to the 'end' then flipped back to the 'beginning'... because the book's 'opening' finishes the sentence at the 'end?'

And then they did the loop over and over again for 17 years?

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'It never ends': the book club that spent 28 years reading Finnegans Wake [View all] cbabe Nov 2023 OP

Cult Ponietz Nov 2023 #1

Perhaps, if you visited Dublin on Bloomsday you might change your mind. SalamanderSleeps Nov 2023 #5

WTF ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #8

Sarcasm Ponietz Nov 2023 #11

Good article, posted earlier this morning. txwhitedove Nov 2023 #2

James Joyce envisioned the text as inscribed on the edge of a disc. John1956PA Nov 2023 #3

Was it worth it? ggma Nov 2023 #4

Have you read it? ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #9

No, I have not. My questions had nothing to do with the book. ggma Nov 2023 #10

Crossposted from dupe thread ExWhoDoesntCare Nov 2023 #6

How difficult is it? cez Nov 2023 #7