Ulysses (1922)

1. 301
   Odyssee door Homer (_eskarina, chrisharpe)

   _eskarina: Joyce himself recommended Homer's epos to get better insight and understanding of Ulysses.

2. 200
   Een portret van de kunstenaar als jongeman door James Joyce (ZenMaintenance)
3. 91
   Infinite Jest door David Foster Wallace (browner56)

   browner56: You will either love them both or hate them both, but you will probably need a reader's guide to get through either one--I know I did.

4. 70
   De man zonder eigenschappen door Robert Musil (roby72)
5. 115
   Moby Dick door Herman Melville (ateolf)
6. 40
   The Bloomsday Book door Harry Blamires (bokai)

   bokai: The Bloomsday Book is a book length summary of James Joyce's Ulysses. It informs the reader of the general plot, of particular references in Ulysses to events in other books (most usually Dubliners)and includes a minimum of commentary, usually focusing on the religious aspects of the novel. For someone reading Ulysses with a limited knowledge of Joyce, Ireland, or Catholicism, this book may be the deciding factor in their enjoyment of the novel itself.… (meer)

7. 51
   Het leven en de opvattingen van de heer Tristram Shandy door Laurence Sterne (roby72)
8. 41
   Berlijn Alexanderplatz door Alfred Döblin (rrmmff2000)

   rrmmff2000: Both books of a man in a city, celebrating human life in all its variety, and revelling in language.

9. 41
   Shakespeare and Company door Sylvia Beach (andejons)

   andejons: For those who want to read about how the book was published (and other details about Joyce's life in Paris)

10. 52
    De toverberg door Thomas Mann (roby72)
11. 20
    The most dangerous book: the battle for James Joyce's Ulysses door Kevin Birmingham (Cecrow)

    Cecrow: The (Non-fiction) story behind the novel's publication and its struggles with censorship.

12. 20
    Mevrouw Dalloway door Virginia Woolf (Othemts)
13. 31
    Hebben en niet hebben door Ernest Hemingway (ateolf)
14. 10
    Omeros door Derek Walcott (TheLittlePhrase)
15. 10
    Ducks, Newburyport door Lucy Ellmann (aprille)

    aprille: Ellmann is the daughter of Joyce scholar Richard Ellmann and Ducks, Newburyport (shortlisted for the Booker) is 21st-century American housewife's stream of consciousness with more contemporary cultural allusions

16. 10
    J R door William Gaddis (chrisharpe)
17. 10
    De dood van Vergilius door Hermann Broch (chrisharpe)
18. 10
    James Joyce: Portrait of a Dubliner door Alfonso Zapico (drasvola)

    drasvola: This book is a graphic narration of Joyce's life. It's in Spanish. Very well done and informative about Joyce's troubled relation with society, his work and family relationships.

19. 00
    Stephen Hero door James Joyce (KayCliff)
20. 11
    Het modernisme de schok der vernieuwing door Peter Gay (charlie68, charlie68)

    charlie68: Book has section on Modernism in literature that includes a section on Ulysses.

    charlie68: A section deals in criticism of James Joyce and specifically Ulysses.

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