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Author · 1882–1941

James Joyce

Irish novelist and poet, a central figure of literary modernism.

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Ulysses

James Joyce · 1922

Joyce's 1922 novel narrates June 16, 1904 in Dublin through stream-of-consciousness prose and multiple narrative styles. At seven hundred and thirty pages, it has become the prototype for modernist difficulty, rewarding those who engage with its experimental form.