"Ulysses" is 100 years old today
The greatest English language novel of the last 100 years was published 100 years ago today, February 2nd, 1922, on its author’s 40th birthday, by Sylvia Beach at Shakespeare & Company in Paris.
This is 12, rue de l’Odéon, the original location of Shakespeare and Company:
And this is the plaque on the building commemorating the publication (sorry for blurry photo):
If you’ve never read it, dive in. The whole thing, from Stately to Yes as we Joyceans say, is a joy(ce).
It’s one of those books I’ve never had the guts to try.
Joy borne of relief. I was joyful after the last 'Yes': I am as dumb as I thought I was, for I could not understand a damn thing, oh yes.