Wednesday, January 30, 2013

First Chinese edition of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce Sells Out

'Mentally ill' James Joyce is a surprise hit in China

First Chinese edition of Finnegans Wake by James Joyce sells out 8,000 print run in just weeks but faces backlash as author is called 'mentally ill'....

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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/booknews/9833427/Mentally-ill-James-Joyce-is-a-surprise-hit-in-China.html

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3 comments:

  1. seana grahamJanuary 31, 2013 at 7:16 PM

    China is never going to be the same...

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  2. PQFebruary 2, 2013 at 3:53 PM

    Re: mental illness, the great Robert Anton Wilson has a good anecdote:

    "When FW started to appear, Jung wrote a comment on it in which he said that this is either mental illness, or a degree of mental health inconceivable to most people, and I think Jung finally decided it was a degree of mental health inconceivable to most people"

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  3. seana grahamFebruary 2, 2013 at 6:10 PM

    I vote for the second.

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