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Why it’s better to start reading James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’ from chapter four than from chapter one The daunting task of negotiating a stream of consciousness novel eases out after the fourth chapter. Jan 22, 2021 · 05:30 pm The sculpture depicting Irish author James Joyce behind his grave in Fluntern cemetery in Zurich, Switzerland. | Fabrice Coffrini / AFP This year marks 80 years since the death of the great Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941). His most famous novel, Ulysses (1922), is one of those books, like Moby Dick or Infinite Jest, that more people...

Ignore the outside world and immerse yourself in these classic novels

This year marks 80 years since the death of the great Irish writer James Joyce (1882-1941). His most famous novel, Ulysses (1922), is one of those books, like Moby Dick or Infinite Jest, that more people begin than finish. The tome is widely believed to be a stream of consciousness novel and you could certainly be forgiven for thinking that if, like many, you only made it 100 pages or so in. I often advise against starting at the beginning of the novel. In the case of Ulysses, you are thrown headfirst into the difficult stream of consciousness of Stephen Dedalus, a precocious 22-year-old writ...

Lolita (1962), directed by Stanley Kubrick. © 1962 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. Leading up to its publication, Vladimir Nabokov’s Lolita gave even its author pause as to whether it should be available to the public. It took some convincing from his wife to publish the novel, and it was released by a noted pornographic press in France in 1955. Lolita’s controversial status fueled its success, leading it to the top of best-seller lists across the globe. However, its subject matter, which was presented to its readers as the memoirs of a deceased European intellectual who fanatically yearned a...

It’ll be 25 years since the death of Scots literary icon Sorley MacLean Photograph: Jim Galloway SHORT of an asteroid to finish us all off, or a super-AI to give us a brand new start, we can at least try to weave together anniversaries and “confirmed” events, and attempt a map of next year. (Big emphasis on try and attempt.) To deal with Covid first: here’s hoping for a smooth take-up of the most effective vaccines. And let us trust that due diligence in development and testing has been followed. If so, then the great global grid of commerce, technology, culture and community c...