"Ulysses" von James Joyce, herausgegeben in der Penguin Clothbound Classics Edition mit einer Einleitung von Declan Kiberd, gilt als eines der bedeutendsten Werke der modernen Literatur. Der Roman spielt an einem einzigen Tag, dem 16....

Ireland is suffering a crisis of authority. Catholic Church scandals, political corruption, and economic collapse have shaken the Irish people's faith in their institutions. The nation's struggle for independence is thrown into doubt....

For Joyce, literature 'is the eternal affirmation of the spirit of man'. Written between 1914 and 1921, Ulysses has survived bowdlerization, legal action and bitter controversy. An undisputed modernist classic, its ceaseless verbal...