>>24549919 (OP) >riverrun, past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs. >Sir Tristram, violer d’amores, fr’over the short sea, had passen-core rearrived from North Armorica on this side the scraggy isthmus of Europe Minor to wielderfight his penisolate war: nor had topsawyer’s rocks by the stream Oconee exaggerated themselse to Laurens County’s gorgios while they went doublin their mumper all the time: nor avoice from afire bellowsed mishe mishe to tauftauf thuartpeatrick not yet, though venissoon after, had a kidscad buttended a bland old isaac: not yet, though all’s fair in vanessy, were sosie sesthers wroth with twone nathandjoe. Rot a peck of pa’s malt had Jhem or Shen brewed by arclight and rory end to the regginbrow was to be seen ringsome on the aquaface.
>>24552032 >>24549919 (OP)
Read the Skeleton Key, drop the excuse of "but it's gibberish" (you haven't read it so you are assuming), put in an ounce of fucking effort as a reader for one miserable fucking time in your faggot life, and you'll be immensely rewarded with one of the best books you'll ever read. Will you understand all of it at once? No. I myself still don't understand all of it, and I may never. But like you I used to think it was obtuse gibberish not worth my time, now it is my favorite book ever written, period.
>>24551176
Doing an initial reading of this I thought it was referring poetically to a specific body of water which transitioned into speaking of a captain who arrived for a war, but then the rest got really fucking confusing.
>>24552605 >No. I myself still don't understand all of it, and I may never.
If, as you say, do not understand the book you're reading, how is it your favourite book? Why do you like it?
>>24553323
I understand SOME of it, not ALL of it. I like it because almost every single word is its own little universe. It's a dense, fecund book. It's the most epic/mythological thing I've ever read, it feels grander than religious texts, even. And when you "translate" the prose you can see how great it is, it mogs Ulysses and Ulysses is itself a masterpiece but this is on another level. Seriously get the skeleton key and give it a shot anon, you will not be disappointed.
>>24553394
it's meant to be read like that anon so you can understand the "music" or whatever of his writing
there's even audio of Joyce himself reading it
