Ulysses

Interesting Facts

• The book is written in a stream of consciousness style, making it one of the most challenging to read and analyze.
• The events of the novel take place over a single day—June 16, 1904, now known as Bloomsday and celebrated annually by Joyce enthusiasts.
• The main character, Leopold Bloom, is a Jewish advertising agent, which was unusual for Irish literature of the time.
• The novel contains numerous allusions to classical literature, especially Homer's «Odyssey», with which it has structural parallels.
• The book was banned in the USA and the UK for obscenity and was only legalized in the 1930s after several court cases.
• Each chapter of the novel is written in a unique style, making it multilayered and diverse in literary terms.
• The novel includes numerous linguistic experiments, including the use of various dialects and languages, as well as the creation of new words.