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SuspendedSentence1 t1_jdmnthb wrote
Reply to comment by bravetailor in I read Finnegan's Wake so you don't have to by machobiscuit
The only thing is that Joyce spent 17 years on the book and alienated many of his supporters by continuing to work on it (and, in their estimation, waste his talent on what seems like gibberish).
It’s certainly been suggested that the book is a joke, but it’s doubtful that he would devote so much time and energy to a joke.
SuspendedSentence1 t1_jdmp6zd wrote
Reply to I read Finnegan's Wake so you don't have to by machobiscuit
Finnegans Wake is a remarkable book and artistic achievement. I run a blog on it (a work in progress), and I’ll link to my essay on how to approach the book: https://thesuspendedsentence.com/how-to-read-finnegans-wake/
As well as my partial explication of the first page: https://thesuspendedsentence.com/2022/08/07/the-first-page/