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đ BONUS EPISODEđ A Conversation with Ambassador Dan Mulhall on âUlysses: A Readerâs Odysseyâ
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In this special bonus episode Lex Paulson speaks with Daniel Mulhall, author of Ulysses: A Readerâs Odyssey and Irelandâs ambassador to the USA.
Buy Ulysses: A Readerâs Odyssey here: https://shakespeareandcompany.com/I/9781848408296/ulysses-a-readers-odyssey
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Marking the centenary of Irelandâs â and possibly the worldâs â most famous novel, this joyful introductory guide opens upâUlyssesâto a whole new readership, offering insight into the literary, historical and cultural elements at play in James Joyceâs masterwork.
Both eloquent and erudite, this book is an initiation into the wonders of Joyceâs writing and of the world that inspired it, written by Daniel Mulhall, Irelandâs ambassador to the United States and an advocate for Irish literature around the world.
One hundred years on from that novelâs first publication, Ulysses: A Readerâs Odyssey takes us on a journey through one of the twentieth centuryâs greatest works of fiction. Exploring the eighteen chapters of the novel and using the famous structuring principle of HomerâsâOdysseyâas our guide, Daniel Mulhall releasesâUlyssesâfrom its reputation of impenetrability, and shows us the pleasure it can offer us as readers.
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Daniel Mulhall was born in Waterford. He has spent more than 40 years in Irelandâs diplomatic service, and is currently Irelandâs ambassador in the United States. He has written and lectured around the world on the subject of Irish literature, and in particular the work of James Joyce, and has worked tirelessly throughout his career to further the impact and reach of Irish writing around the world.Â
In between fits of Joycean nerdery, Dr. Lex Paulson is Executive Director of the School of Collective Intelligence at Université Mohammed VI Polytechnique in Morocco. An adopted Parisian, he teaches at Sciences Po-Paris and writes on the past and future of democracy.
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