The Necessary Fiction: Life With James Joyce’s Ulysses

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By Michael Groden *75

Published Oct. 10, 2019

In The Necessary Fiction: Life With James Joyce’s Ulysses (Edward Everett Root Co. Ltd.), Michael Groden *75, a professor on Joyce, describes the enjoyment found through his decades spent studying Ulysses. Groden recalls first reading the book at 19 and how it’s inspired his subsequent career.

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