{"product_id":"ulysses-vintage-international-by-james-joyce","title":"Ulysses (Vintage International) by James Joyce","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis revised volume of the acclaimed novel follows the complete unabridged text as corrected in 1961.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSet entirely on one day, 16 June 1904, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e follows Leopold Bloom and Stephen Daedalus as they go about their daily business in Dublin. From this starting point, James Joyce constructs a novel of extraordinary imaginative richness and depth. Unique in the history of literature, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is one of the most important and enjoyable works of the twentieth century.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis edition contains the original foreword by the author and the historic court ruling to remove the federal ban. It also contains page references to the first American edition of 1934.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Quotes\u003c\/strong\u003e:\u003cbr\u003e\"Ulysses will immortalize its author with the same certainty that\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eGargantua\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eimmortalized Rabelais, and\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Brothers Karamazov\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eimmortalized Dostoyevsky.... It comes nearer to being the perfect revelation of a personality than any book in existence.\"\u003cbr\u003e-\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"To my mind one of the most significant and beautiful books of our time.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Gilbert Seldes, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"Talk about understanding \"feminine psychology\"-- I have never read anything to surpass it, and I doubt if I have ever read anything to equal it.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Arnold Bennett\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\"In the last pages of the book, Joyce soars to such rhapsodies of beauty as have probably never been equaled in English prose fiction.\"\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003e-Edmund Wilson, in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the twentieth century's most influential novelist, was born in Dublin on February 2, 1882. After receiving a rigorous Jesuit education, twenty-year-old Joyce renounced his Catholicism and left Dublin in 1902 to spend most of his life as a writer in exile in Paris, Trieste, Rome, and Zurich. His writings include \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eChamber Music\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1907), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDubliners\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1914), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1916), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eExiles\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1918), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1922), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ePomes Penyeach\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1927), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinnegan's Wake\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e(1939). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003erequired seven years to complete and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinnegan's Wake,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003etook seventeen. Both works revolutionized the form, structure, and content of the novel. Joyce died in Zurich in 1941.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eVintage\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePub Date: \u003cspan\u003eJune 16, 1990\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e1.36\" H x 8.02\" L x 5.23\" W\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e816 pages\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003epaperback\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45503527551162,"sku":"9780679722762","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0444\/2213\/5968\/files\/61yRWyQkxKL._SL1500.jpg?v=1768080539","url":"https:\/\/naturenurture.shop\/products\/ulysses-vintage-international-by-james-joyce","provider":"nature+nurture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}