Thread: "The Most Boring Book" I read or tried to read
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Old 02-16-2010, 01:21 PM   #235
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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib View Post

I'm a fan of James Joyce, but when I studied Finnegans Wake at the University, I found this massive tome to be quite boring. When compared to the beauty of Ulysses or A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, Finnegans Wake is not a novel one reads for excitement.
I can't agree with you more. Lord, it is unreadable, in a literal sense. I can read just about anything but I couldn't deal with Finnegans Wake. Years ago, I met a professor who was working on a translation into Spanish.... I am positive he has gone raving mad.

Add me to the list of Moby Dick haters. It's funny, my 6 year old nephew loves the abridged version, specially the end, he always sniggers when Ahab dies and loves that Ishmael survives clinging to a coffin. Boys...

This thread is amusing, many of my favourite books are on it . I am just waiting for Proust... Anyone?
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