Ulysses

One city, one day, the universe condensed into one novel. Breathtaking, challenging, puzzling and funny.

James Joyce's novel, first published in 1922, traces the experiences of Mr Leopold Bloom, his wife Molly and the poet Stephen Dedalus from A Portrait of the Artist during a single day, June 16, 1904, in Dublin. As its title suggests the book is loosely analogous to Homer's Odyssey. Enormously long and complex, using a variety of styles, notably the "stream-of-consciousness" method, Ulysses is considered one of the great literary achievements of the century.