Tuesday, June 10, 2025

the last book I ever read (Ulysses by James Joyce (The Gabler Edition), excerpt nine)

from Ulysses by James Joyce:

Flatter. Rarely. But flatter.

—Himself his own father, Sonmulligan told himself. Wait. I am big with child. I have an unborn child in my brain. Pallas Athena! A play! The play’s the thing! Let me parturiate!

He clasped his paunchbrow with both birthaiding hands.



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