Dubliners byJames Joyce / 'Mentally ill' James Joyce is a surprise hit in China

In the mid-1920s, a decade prior to the release of James Joyce's final novel,Finnegans Wake, extracts of what was then known as his "Work in Progress" were being published in journals and passed around literary circles, to a largely baffled audience. (If you've never read, or attempted to read Finnegans Wake, a quick look at its opening episode is advised.)
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First Chinese edition of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce sells out 8,000 print run in just weeks but faces backlash as author is called 'mentally ill'.
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