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Finnegans Wake

By: James Joyce
Narrated by: Barry McGovern, Marcella Riordan
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"Riverrun past Eve and Adam’s, from swerve of shore to bend of bay, brings us by a commodius vicus of recirculation back to Howth Castle and Environs...."

So starts Finnegans Wake, the greatest challenge in 20th-century literature. Who is Humphrey Chimpden Earwicker? And what did he get up to in Phoenix Park? And what did Anna Livia Plurabelle have to say about it? In the rich nighttime and the language of dreams, here are history, anecdote, myth, folk tale and, above all, a wondrous sense of humor, colored by a clear sense of humanity. In this exceptional reading by the Irish actor Barry McGovern, with Marcella Riordan, the world of the Wake is more accessible than ever before.

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©1975 The Trustees of the Estate of James Joyce (P)2021 Naxos AudioBooks Classics European World Literature Witty

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Finnegans wake as an audiobook, who thought it could be possible!? Magnificent performance, beautifully read.

Amazing!

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Story is not quite the word. But what a reading! The playfulness, humour and lyricism all captured beautifully.

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Beautifully read by Barry McGovern. I've been looking for a way into the Wake for 40 years and very happy to have found it. McGovern sweeps you into the novel's extraordinary flow. A masterpiece, pure and simple.

Excellent

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The narrators did a magnificent job here, they made it a great experience for me. I would have found it difficult to read myself.

Wonderfully narrated

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The magic of this book is incredibly strong, and if you do really enjoy it you will have a friend for life :). An immensely comforting book which really opened my own mind to me, every sentence took me to places I’ve been, places I haven’t and we’re very funny. The ending truly reflected just on an amazing journey, tearful beauty, great relaxing narration too!! Joyce is not an author, but an inventor of genius! If you read Dostoevsky, it will always be the same. If you read Tolstoy, it will always be the same. If you read Joyce, it will always be different :,).

A masterpiece

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