Ulysses

James Joyce

Sinopse

Set on a single day in June 1904, this monumental novel follows the wanderings of Leopold Bloom and Stephen Dedalus through the streets of Dublin. The narrative employs a dazzling array of literary styles and a stream-of-consciousness technique to capture the inner lives of its characters in minute detail. Paralleling Homer's Odyssey, it elevates the trivial events of a modern city to the status of epic myth. It is a challenging and rewarding landmark of modernist literature that redefined the possibilities of the novel.

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