This Is Insane [Insanely Cool]
From the New York Times Arts Blog: James Joyce’s fiendishly difficult novel “Finnegans Wake” has been called many things since it first began appearing in portions in 1924, including “the most colossal leg-pull in literature,” “the work of a psychopath,” and “the chief ironic epic of our ...
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Yeah, Paulo, THAT'S What's Wrong with Contemporary Literature
From The Guardian: James Joyce’s Ulysses has topped poll after poll to be named the greatest novel of the 20th century, but according to Paulo Coelho, the book is “a twit”. [. . .] Writers go wrong, according to Coelho, when they focus on form, not content. “Today writers want to impress ...
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