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Originally Posted by kacir
Inspired by this thread I looked up Finnegans Wake, and I found out that it is available on the internet for (legal) download. So I have opened it, started reading ... and ... ran away screaming ;-)
I have even tried to listen to a little free example of the audiobook. <shudder>
What language is that book written in?
Is it old english, a fictional language resembling something like old english, or is it rendering of someone speaking english in a really, really thick accent?
Did anybody ever find out?
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It really is quite different and I haven't developed a taste for it either, yet. But it has received a lot of attention over the years and I have read that it is an important and very interesting work. I'll be reading something else for awhile, I assure you.