for my next visit to dublin i choose one of the most famous scenes and the one that scholars link the book to the odysses ,joyce had read charles lambs childrens adaptation as a child ,we now find the books other main charcaterLeopold bloom in a dublin pub having a arguement with a unanmed man but thought to be based on Joyces own father .Bloom storms out of the pub and has a biscuit tin hurled at him ,thus echoing the cyclops throwing the ship in homers book .
BLOOMSDAY FACT –
U2’S SONG BREATH IS ABOUT A EVENT ON 16TH JUNE
A few weeks ago my Other Half (who’s a Dubliner) and I were trying to remember what day Bloomsday was on. I kept saying “it’s in that U2 song” and a quick check on the iPod revealed the answer!! 😉
always remeber as it is 3 days before my mums birthday lol ,all the best stu
One day I will conquer you, Ulysses. One day.
(Maybe.)
its havin time its a great holiday read have time to digest it slowly 🙂 ,all the best stu
I posted on “The Dead” in honor of Bloomsday-I suspect I am the only person in the Philippines to observe this day!!
good for you mel ,sure other joyce fans there 🙂 ,all the best stu