/lit/ - Literature

Ulysses is so much purple logorrhea.

>well
>turns any audience off except tryhards
>takes over an entire page to communicate a cliche and one action
>thesaurus abuse, someone call thesaurus protection agency this man is raping it till it screams
>using the word faggots unironically
Unless this is ironic in which case 10/10 DFW tier.

Are you liking "Ithaca," OP? Also, prepare yourself, you're about to get to "Penelope," which is a trip. It can be frustrating, it took me weeks to get through "Penelope" just because it was aggravating to read.

He had an autistic obsession with words and their sound.

>>12808799
Seeing that autism is clearly a superpower how do I become autistic?

>>12808810
Utilize a suction-based cleaning device in places where some action or event occurs.

didn't it take him like 17 years to write this book

>>12808771
The problem with purple prose is that it's a slog to read, the bit in the OP isn't remotely difficult to read and Joyce manages to make it fun to read about water boiling

The world’s longest and arguably greatest shitpost. Anyone who can take up weeks of your time to read what is ultimately utter nonsense is based

>>12808771
cringe and bluepilled
>>12809109
>>12809117
based and joycepilled

>Ulysses

>>12808609
> What the fuck how can anyone write this well it's not fair
Agreed. Check out pic related. It's great.

>>12809148
>his meme letters are better than anything you will ever write