Composed of dozens of languages smelted together, the Wake must first be deciphered, then the often overlapping references spotted and the whole thing basically decoded to then enjoy the audible ripple of true fun running throughout. But even 80 years on, it is “as modern as tomorrow afternoon and in appearance up to the minute.” In fact we may be just catching up to Finnegans Wake in many ways.įinnegans Wake has always stirred people up.
It took James Joyce over 16 years to write, mired in the glow of his post- Ulysses fame and the gore of his personal life. It’s a book so mired in misunderstanding that it makes its older, more famous brother, Ulysses, appear mainstream. Finnegans Wake, published 80 years ago, is a difficult book.
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