Ulysses (1922) by James Joyce, in its 1961 Modern Library Giant edition, is a monumental presentation of the 20th century’s most influential—and notoriously challenging—novel. This hefty volume, part of the esteemed Modern Library Giants series, reprints the definitive 1934 text, corrected under Joyce’s supervision, and pairs it with the publisher’s classic navy buckram binding, gold foil stamping, and acid-free paper—making it both a durable reading copy and a collector’s showpiece.
Joyce’s stream-of-consciousness epic, which chronicles Leopold Bloom’s odyssey through Dublin on June 16, 1904, unfolds across 18 kaleidoscopic chapters, each parodying Homer’s Odyssey while revolutionizing literary form. From “Proteus” (wordplay as metaphysics) to “Penelope” (Molly Bloom’s unpunctuated soliloquy), the novel’s linguistic audacity and humanist depth shine in this unabridged format.
The 1961 Giant edition lacks scholarly notes (seek Gilbert’s or Gifford’s guides for those), but its no-nonsense typography and substantial heft (over 800 pages) honor Joyce’s maximalist vision. A must for modernists and literary completists.
