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560
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English
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Ebooks
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2026
Description
On a seemingly ordinary day—June 16, 1904—in the bustling heart of Dublin, James Joyce sets an odyssey that would revolutionize literature. Ulysses meticulously chronicles the wanderings of two men: Leopold Bloom, a gentle Jewish advertising canvasser, and Stephen Dedalus, a brilliant, brooding young poet. As their paths crisscross the city, their inner lives—vivid, chaotic, hilarious, and profound—unfold in a dazzling stream of consciousness.
Through a labyrinth of literary styles, from newspaper headlines to play scripts, from catechistic questions to unpunctuated reverie, Joyce mirrors Homer’s ancient myth in the mundane. A funeral, a newspaper office, a library, a pub, a brothel—each episode becomes a universe of thought, memory, and sensation. It is a novel of immense erudition and earthy humanity, of satire and sentiment, plumbing the depths of love, loss, identity, and the search for home.
Declared obscene, hailed as a masterpiece, and forever challenging, Ulysses is more than a book; it is an experience. To enter its pages is to walk alongside everyman and artist through the streets of the modern world, discovering the extraordinary epic contained within a single day.
Through a labyrinth of literary styles, from newspaper headlines to play scripts, from catechistic questions to unpunctuated reverie, Joyce mirrors Homer’s ancient myth in the mundane. A funeral, a newspaper office, a library, a pub, a brothel—each episode becomes a universe of thought, memory, and sensation. It is a novel of immense erudition and earthy humanity, of satire and sentiment, plumbing the depths of love, loss, identity, and the search for home.
Declared obscene, hailed as a masterpiece, and forever challenging, Ulysses is more than a book; it is an experience. To enter its pages is to walk alongside everyman and artist through the streets of the modern world, discovering the extraordinary epic contained within a single day.
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Date de parution
27 janvier 2026
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EAN13
9791256796373
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Langue
English
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Poids de l'ouvrage
1 Mo