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Start your review of re:Joyce, Volume 1: Exploring the World of Ulysses with Frank Delaney

По сути, это путеводитель — по Дублину романа, по Дублину Джойса, Дублину 1904 года и конца 1970-х, личному Дублину автора и нашему личному Дублину. На него наложится, несомненно, и ваш личный Дублин. С точки зрения вспашки текста «Улисса» он, конечно, мелковат, но там и задача так не стоит, для этого у нас есть сам роман. Главное — что автор прочерчивает нам топографические карты и расписания перемещений героев и персонажей, иллюстрирует их картами (впрочем, не весьма точными — бордель Беллы Ко По сути, это путеводитель — по Дублину романа, по Дублину Джойса, Дублину 1904 года и конца 1970-х, личному Дублину автора и нашему личному Дублину. На него наложится, несомненно, и ваш личный Дублин. С точки зрения вспашки текста «Улисса» он, конечно, мелковат, но там и задача так не стоит, для этого у нас есть сам роман. Главное — что автор прочерчивает нам топографические карты и расписания перемещений героев и персонажей, иллюстрирует их картами (впрочем, не весьма точными — бордель Беллы Коэн он размещает почему-то на параллельной улице, а не там, где надо), уместными картинками, пустяками, фактами и фактоидами, анекдотами и, само собой, цитатами. Чтения романа эта книжка, разумеется, не заменит, но в прикладном смысле она если не уникальна, то, по крайней мере, полезна. Вот только ходить по городу с ней будет трудновато, она квадратная в сечении. ...more

As many of you know, Frank Delaney is now deconstructing Ulysses in 5 minute podcasts (find them at www.frankdelaney.com or download on Itunes) in a project we estimate will take 22 years. It's called, re:Joyce.

He did a one man show on London's West End, also called Re:Joyce - which was a smash and played to packed houses and an extended run.

But this was his first act. The first book he set out to write - and an improbable, but wonderful surprise of a best-seller. "Begin as you mean to continue,

As many of you know, Frank Delaney is now deconstructing Ulysses in 5 minute podcasts (find them at www.frankdelaney.com or download on Itunes) in a project we estimate will take 22 years. It's called, re:Joyce.

He did a one man show on London's West End, also called Re:Joyce - which was a smash and played to packed houses and an extended run.

But this was his first act. The first book he set out to write - and an improbable, but wonderful surprise of a best-seller. "Begin as you mean to continue," he often says to me!'

I, personally, think it has one of the great introductions to any book ever. I can hear Frank's voice, clear as day -- if twenty something years in the past. His enthusiasm, his passion, his delight in showing you something he knows. And does he know it --- every step and nook of Dublin -- at least the Dublin Joyce used as the subject of his portrait of a day in Dublin.

The thing to do is to buy the book, book the flight and let us hear how you did. Short of that, buy the book, tune into the podcast - and it's archives -- and let yourself float down a river of Joyce.

Gorgeous stuff!

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Full of gorgeous black & white photos of Dublin and environs. Been goggling at this one again this evening, along with my own photos of Dublin taken in the late 80s of all the Joycean bits & pieces - these are also really good and should be published. No, I jest.

This nice little used book store find is like a love letter from author Frank Delaney to Ulysses. Coming out in the early 1980s, this book features many beautiful black and white photos of Dublin, including many of the exact spots portrayed in Joyce's painstakingly geographically accurate novel. Delaney notes what has changed, what remains, and what is completely gone altogether. I'm sure much has also changed in the 40 years since this books publishing, so it's usefulness as an actual guidebook This nice little used book store find is like a love letter from author Frank Delaney to Ulysses. Coming out in the early 1980s, this book features many beautiful black and white photos of Dublin, including many of the exact spots portrayed in Joyce's painstakingly geographically accurate novel. Delaney notes what has changed, what remains, and what is completely gone altogether. I'm sure much has also changed in the 40 years since this books publishing, so it's usefulness as an actual guidebook may be a bit outdated, but it is useful to know what pubs and buildings are for sure already long gone. The book has a chapter for each chapter of Ulysses, including maps, photos, and a lovingly crafted essay by Delaney, who clearly adored the novel. Even as a steadfast reader of all things Joyce and Joyce-adjacent, there will little tidbits about his life or the publication of his novel that I had never heard, including several anecdotes, bits of conversation, or comments made by those who knew him. Overall, this book was a lovely way to spend a few hours in Joycian reverie. ...more

5 stars for all Joyceans, to be certain. The wonderful Frank Delaney, years before his podcast in which he read as much of Ulysses as he was able to get through, piece by piece, produced this excellent and atmospheric accompaniment to the novel, with photos of Dublin and the ear, eye, and words of a poet.

Jan 19, 2019 David Fore rated it it was amazing

The review is for the podcast version of this book.

The relationship between a writer and a reader is a quintessential form of human intimacy. When the words of a writer are spoken with care and with craft, this feeling is multiplied manyfold. That is what I love most about Re:Joyce, a one-of-a-kind retelling of James Joyce's Ulysses.

From Frank Delaney's mouth to your ear, this experience offers welcome companionship to anyone interested in what happens Tuesday the 16th of June, 1904, on the st

The review is for the podcast version of this book.

The relationship between a writer and a reader is a quintessential form of human intimacy. When the words of a writer are spoken with care and with craft, this feeling is multiplied manyfold. That is what I love most about Re:Joyce, a one-of-a-kind retelling of James Joyce's Ulysses.

From Frank Delaney's mouth to your ear, this experience offers welcome companionship to anyone interested in what happens Tuesday the 16th of June, 1904, on the streets of Dublin, Ireland. While much has been said about Frank Delaney's eloquence--and his mellifluous brogue--it is Frank's humor and humanity that holds me in the dark hours of early morning. I choose to listen to these podcasts when I awake too early and find myself in that deep crevasse between sleeping and waking while the mind is still unmoored by its dreams and the world has not quite resolved into the day we are about to live.

Frank recommends you follow along on the printed page as he recites the text and glosses its many synaptic allusions. Having already read the book on paper a couple of times, I can say that is sound advice. And maybe someday I will follow it. But this first time around with Frank, I have permitted my mind's eye free reign, undistracted by the over-efforting of my eye's mind. Truth be told, I crave the pure hedonistic pleasures and comforts of Frank's obliging company as he relays to me Joyce's synecdoche of a time and a place where one day some citizens got up and got out and lived and breathed... only to live and breath again and again when someone picks up the book or downloads this podcast.

What Frank once said about Joyce could be said about his own efforts to make this book accessible to all: "Above all, Joyce taught every writer the importance of naturalistic dialogue; with his fine tenor voice Joyce knew better than most that we read not with the eye but with the ear."

-HAVE FAITH-
It takes Frank a dozen or more episodes to get the format right. So please bear with him. But once he wins the attention of a patron willing to back his efforts, he finds his rhythm and the episodes stretch out.

--SPOILER ALERT--
Notwithstanding the book's 265,222 words, nothing really happens in Ulysses. But we can say the same about most days lived by most people despite all the hours spent doing and going, wondering and toiling. (We celebrate birthdays and anniversaries precisely because most days pass by unnoticed at the time and unremembered soon after.) This book stirs love and hate--not to mention confusion and annoyance--precisely because Joyce's project is is to make a whole lot of something out of a whole lot of nothing. (Confession: I don't know why I continue returning to this book, and I scarcely ever recommend anybody else read it. And yet for all the reasons that reason cannot know, I keep taking picking it up over and over again year after year.)

And so my spoiler has nothing to do with the plot of the book. It has to do with Frank's Folly. He began his weekly podcasts in 2010. A year into this enterprise, he had analyzed only the first of the book's 18 episodes. Deconstructing the entire book at that rate, he estimated then, would take another 30 years. He was already in his early 70s when he set out. Do the math. A sudden stroke took him away in 2017. I wept when I heard the news. The next morning I downloaded another episode and let him read to me.

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I must admit that in my Joyce library a good deal of the volumes I have yet to read or read fully. Joyce few writings lends itself to constant cross referencing and as "Ulysses" is constantly on my night-table especially as we approach Bloomsday annually. A few weeks ago I came across Frank Delaney's website and his wonderful weekly commentary (downloadable). Its a gargantuan task that I am enjoying it and must say after years of studying Joyce and Ulysses Frank has added some interesting insigh I must admit that in my Joyce library a good deal of the volumes I have yet to read or read fully. Joyce few writings lends itself to constant cross referencing and as "Ulysses" is constantly on my night-table especially as we approach Bloomsday annually. A few weeks ago I came across Frank Delaney's website and his wonderful weekly commentary (downloadable). Its a gargantuan task that I am enjoying it and must say after years of studying Joyce and Ulysses Frank has added some interesting insights. I recall Frank's TV work on the BBC series "The Celts" about 20 years ago, he is great storyteller. In this book he walks us through Dublin and Ulysses, comments on the narrative and the locations. While this is not a thorough indebt analysis it is an excellent introduction to the dense novel and it will encourage the reader to read along with both Ulysses and this book hand in hand. ...more

Delaney's book has a chapter to coincide with each chapter of "Ulysses". It includes a map, and some color of what the Dublin of 1904 would be like. Photos and Delaney's narration gives you a sense of feel of the atmosphere of the book. I could not have used alone to help me through the book.

However, Delaney's podcasts "Re-Joyce", are fabulous, and wonderfully in depth. He started on Bloomsday 2010, and spent 28 of the podcasts on Chapter 1.

Delaney's book has a chapter to coincide with each chapter of "Ulysses". It includes a map, and some color of what the Dublin of 1904 would be like. Photos and Delaney's narration gives you a sense of feel of the atmosphere of the book. I could not have used alone to help me through the book.

However, Delaney's podcasts "Re-Joyce", are fabulous, and wonderfully in depth. He started on Bloomsday 2010, and spent 28 of the podcasts on Chapter 1.

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What I'm really rating here is his podcast, Re:Joyce. It is one of the great joys of my life at present. Mr., or should I say Maestro, Delaney illuminates every sentence of the world treasure, Ulysses, and every one of them is a gem. He goes through the book inch by inch, like the mine of jewels it is, and shows you each one of those jewels in all of its beauty and brilliance. As he says at the end of each episode, "Thank you, thank you," and I wish to say that to him in return. What I'm really rating here is his podcast, Re:Joyce. It is one of the great joys of my life at present. Mr., or should I say Maestro, Delaney illuminates every sentence of the world treasure, Ulysses, and every one of them is a gem. He goes through the book inch by inch, like the mine of jewels it is, and shows you each one of those jewels in all of its beauty and brilliance. As he says at the end of each episode, "Thank you, thank you," and I wish to say that to him in return. ...more

A superb general book on Ulysses, giving a visual and autobiographical context to the novel as a whole. As well as the geographical details there is some tremendously evocative photography, both from the year of Bloomsday (1904) or thereabouts, and from Dublin at the time this book went to press in the early eighties.

Highly recommended for the amateur Joyce sleuth.

Frank Delaney was an author, a broadcaster on both television and radio, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, lecturer, and a judge of many literary prizes. Delaney interviewed more than 3,500 of the world's most important writers. NPR called him 'The Most Eloquent Man in the World'. Delaney was born and raised in County Tipperary, Ireland, spent more than twenty-five years in England before movi Frank Delaney was an author, a broadcaster on both television and radio, journalist, screenwriter, playwright, lecturer, and a judge of many literary prizes. Delaney interviewed more than 3,500 of the world's most important writers. NPR called him 'The Most Eloquent Man in the World'. Delaney was born and raised in County Tipperary, Ireland, spent more than twenty-five years in England before moving to the United States in 2002. He lived in Litchfield County, Connecticut, with his wife, writer and marketer, Diane Meier. ...more

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