Is this the year I read Ulysses?
Every Bloomsday I promise whoever I'm interviewingÌýthat this is the year I will read James Joyce's modern classic Ulysses. And every year, as soon as the day isÌýover, ÌýI forget about it, until roughly this time, less than 48 hours to Bloomsday.
As the 16th June looms, I still haven't opened the copy I own. But at our planning meeting earlier there must have been a rush of blood to the head as we decided that I would, along with Noel (my producer) and Grainne (one of the production team) start tonight, read Chapter 1 and see how we feel tomorrow!Ìý
Noel has a head start as he has already read it, I have bluffed my way through at least 6 Bloomsdays now andÌýGrainne says she has tried to start it at leastÌý3 times and once lived in a house where everyone owned a copy but nobody had ever read it!
Noel reckons that we could get it finished within the month. Just in time for Bloomsday 2011!
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