James Joyce, in John Bishop Joyce's Book of the Dark: Finnegans Wake, Univ of Wisconsin Press, 15 June 1993, p. 317
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One great part of every human existence is passed in a state which cannot be rendered sensible by the use of wide awake language.
— James Joyce on Existence
What It Means
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About James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the twentieth century.
About James Joyce
James Augustine Aloysius Joyce (2 February 1882 – 13 January 1941) was an Irish novelist, short-story writer and poet. He contributed to the modernist movement and is regarded as one of the most influential and important writers of the twentieth century.
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