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SalamanderSleeps

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5. Perhaps, if you visited Dublin on Bloomsday you might change your mind.

Reply to Ponietz (Reply #1)

Sun Nov 12, 2023, 03:21 PM

Nov 2023

Just because people like to gather to solve a puzzle does not make them members of a cult.

Both, Finnegan's Wake and Ulysses are thick as pea soup, but packed with vitamins.

http://www.bloomsdayfestival.ie/

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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