{"product_id":"ulysses","title":"Ulysses","description":"\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe greatest novel of the twentieth century. The most banned. The most admired. The most unread.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJames Joyce's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e is a book that needs no introduction—and yet, for many readers, it remains a mountain too steep to climb. It is the story of a single day: June 16, 1904, in Dublin. It follows three characters: Leopold Bloom, a Jewish advertising canvasser; Stephen Dedalus, the young intellectual from Joyce's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e; and Molly Bloom, Leopold's wife, whose famous final soliloquy is one of the longest sentences in English literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThe novel parallels Homer's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eOdyssey\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e. Leopold Bloom is Ulysses, wandering through the streets of Dublin. Stephen Dedalus is Telemachus, searching for a father. Molly Bloom is Penelope, waiting at home. But the epic has been turned inside out. Instead of monsters and gods, Bloom encounters anti-Semitic barflies, nationalist zealots, a funeral, a childbirth, a brothel, and a biscuit tin of stale cocoa. The adventures are internal. The quest is for connection, kindness, and the simple dignity of being a decent man in an indecent world.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJoyce's prose shifts styles with every chapter: from the mock-heroic to the sentimental, from the journalistic to the hallucinatory, from the catechism of the \"Ithaca\" episode to the unpunctuated torrent of Molly's monologue. The book is difficult. It is also funny, tender, filthy, and sublime.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eThis is Joyce at his most audacious and compassionate: a novel about the ordinary, the everyday, the overlooked, and the claim that a single day in the life of a nobody contains everything worth knowing about the human condition.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFirst published in 1922 by Sylvia Beach's Shakespeare and Company in Paris\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eBanned in the United States and United Kingdom for obscenity; the landmark 1933 trial \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUnited States v. One Book Called Ulysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e overturned the ban\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eNamed by the Modern Library as the greatest English-language novel of the twentieth century\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAvailable in multiple formats:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003ePaperback \u0026amp; Hardcover:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Beautifully designed print editions presenting the complete, unabridged text made to last.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eEbook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e DRM-free EPUB compatible with Kindle, Kobo, Apple Books, and all major e-readers.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAudiobook:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e Professionally narrated, complete and unabridged, available on all major audiobook platforms.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA beautifully crafted edition for your shelf, your device, or your ears, or the perfect gift for anyone who knows that every day is an odyssey, and that the greatest adventures are the ones that happen in the mind.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"ds-markdown-paragraph\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eJames Joyce\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1882–1941) was an Irish novelist, poet, and short story writer, widely regarded as one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century. Born in Dublin, he was the eldest of ten surviving children. He left Ireland in 1904 with his future wife, Nora Barnacle, and spent most of his adult life in Trieste, Zurich, and Paris. His major works include the short story collection \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eDubliners\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e(1914), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eA Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1916), \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1922), and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eFinnegans Wake\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e (1939). \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003eUlysses\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e was the subject of three obscenity trials in the United States before the landmark 1933 ruling by Judge John M. Woolsey, who declared it a work of art and lifted the ban. Joyce died in Zurich in 1941. June 16 is celebrated by Joyce fans around the world as Bloomsday, an annual commemoration of the novel's events.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Casa Carlini","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":54714658455924,"sku":"9612921002240","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Ebook","offer_id":54714658488692,"sku":"9612921002241","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":54714658521460,"sku":"9612921002242","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":54714658554228,"sku":"9612921002243","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0988\/5561\/6884\/files\/Ulysses_James_Joyce_Ebook-2.png?v=1780583320","url":"https:\/\/casacarlini.com\/products\/ulysses","provider":"Casa Carlini","version":"1.0","type":"link"}