Reading Finnegans Wake One page at a time
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Gerry opened Finnegans Wake once and found it impossible. Now he reads it page by page, figuring out what's happening and sharing it with you. If you've been intimidated by Joyce's hardest book, this show proves you can do it.
Episode 1: Reading Finnegans Wake by James Joyce One page at a time: Page 3
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Hello, and welcome to Reading Finnegans Wake One Page at a Time!
If you’ve ever opened a copy of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake, stared at a hundred-letter thunderword, and promptly closed the book in defeat, trust me—I’ve been right where you are. The first time I cracked this book open, I thought it was completely impossible. It felt less like reading a novel and more like trying to decipher a dream written in sixty different languages at once.
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