13 January 2015

This is a special post to commemorate the passing of James Joyce on 13 January 1941 in Zuerich.

Please note that you can listen to the entire Finnegans Wake at
http://www.openculture.com/2013/11/hear-all-of-finnegans-wake-read-aloud.html

Monday, 12 January 2015, Pages 205-207

The group stopped at: "bassein came" (207.20)

Monday, 5 January 2015, Pages 203 - 205

We stopped at "I amstel waiting. Garonne, garonne!" (205.15)

Also read some of the nicest sentences of the book:
"Baptiste me, father, for she has sinned!"
"If tomorrow keeps fine who'll come tripping to sightsee?"

Who indeed? I amstel waiting for the answer! ;-)

Monday, 22 December 2013, Pages 202 - 203

Read as far as "... where the hand of man has never set foot?" (203. 16)

Is it not a great sentence to stop at at the end of the year, so that one can ponder over such places? ;-)

Note: Our next meeting will be on Monday, 5 January 2015.

We wish you all a wonderful beginning to yet another year OR in the words of FW:

"WITH OUR BEST YOULLDIED GREEDINGS TO PEP AND MEMMY AND THE OLD FOLKERS BELOW AND BEYANT, WISHING THEM ALL VERY MERRY INCARNATIONS IN THIS LAND OF THE LIVVEY AND PLENTY OF PREPROSPEROUSNESS THROUGH THEIR COMING NEW YONKS"

Ch+Sa

Monday, 15 December 2014, Pages 200 - 202

We read as far as "... three stood hosting?" (202. 18)

Again names of lots of rivers.

One of the nice phrases of the day: bundukiboi meets askarigal.

Monday, 8 December 2014, Pages 198 - 200

Read as far as "Bedouix but I do!" just past "... sillypost?" (200.22)

The names of many rivers are interweaved  on these pages. For example: nera (Italy), usk (Wales, UK), hun (England), dander (Netherlands), vaal (South Africa), severn (UK), maggia (Switzerland), yare (England), douro (Iberian peninsula), ....

Monday, 1 December 2014, Pages 197 - 198

We stopped at "Tell me moatst" (198.28).