Tricks for new readers to read Ulysses: new formats, beer and turning pages

Ulises. Joyce’s masterpiece that is like a beacon in his cartography. This is how he defines this classic John Casamayor, ‘Foam Pages’ editor. For his part, Joan Tarrida, editor of Galaxia Gutenberg, confesses that it happened to him like everyone else. “I read it several times… and I couldn’t, I couldn’t“, he assures. Casamayor agrees: “It is a work that demands, but It is a novel that gives you a lot“. In addition, the publisher assures that many people say they have read Ulysses but nobody has read it.

“And that has caused them to hang that sanbenito because more than one of them has choked more than once,” he adds. Such is the difficulty that has caused many readers that social networks have echoed it and you can find video tutorials to face this classic. Because, Diego GarridoPerhaps one of the youngest translators has translated Joyce’s work into a new edition of short prose. The young translator has opted to combine the image and the text. Casamayor supports his idea. “Joyce has been a very translated author but he needs those new eyes, because times change, the reader changes“, he argues.

Joan Tarrida also supports the idea. “Suddenly it’s as if there were two parallel readings, the text and the illustration. It’s a new way of reading Ulysses“. The young translator defends the author of the book and breaks with the myths: “They gave me the image of someone severe, serious, a typical pedantic writer… and once you know him, you realize that he is not a serious writer” The three agree that it is necessary to give it a chance and are encouraged to give some advice to the readers. take a deep breath, have a beer“, says Casamayor. “If there is a page that chokes you, well you pass it and continue with the next one“, adds Joan Tarrida.

Both remain firm and ensure that classics like this must always be close by because they give you a lot.