Book Review: My Greatest Challenge This Summer, It Seems, Is Deciphering The Dubliners by James Joyce
The best way to read during the summer is indoors with the AC waaaay up, so you can wrap yourself in blankets Which means, I suppose, that I'm having a nice, relaxing summer so far. My only other challenges have consisted of soaking up sunburn and working as an intern at a writing class for little kids. But reading The Dubliners, a famous collection of short stories set in Dublin, has proved harder than either of those. To give you an idea of why, allow me to quote a few passages from the book: "'Some of these fenians and hillsiders are a bit too clever if you ask me,' said Mr. Henchy" (pg. 125). "'But I'm greatly afraid our friend is not nineteen carat. Damn it, I can understand a fellow being hard up but what I can't understand is a fellow sponging'" (pg. 124). "'He takes...