James Joyce Is Big In China
Happy Bloomsday! Fun fact about the author of “Ulysses“: he’s become mad popular in China. When Joyce’s novel was first published in Paris in 1922, the author responded with delight to news that an order had been placed from China: “Ten copies to Peking!†he exclaimed. “Ulysses,” even more than “Finnegans Wake,” is alive in China today. Two Joyce-themed stage productions have recently toured major Chinese cities; one of them is pictured above.
