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Finnegans wake
Record details
- ISBN: 9629545950
- ISBN: 9789629545956
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Physical Description:
1 sound file (ca. 5 hr.) : digital.
remote
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electronic resource - Publisher: [Franklin, Tenn.] : Naxos AudioBooks ; [Prince Frederick, Md.] : [Distributed by] RBdigital, 2011, [2007]
Content descriptions
General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Abridged. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | Access restricted to subscribing institutions. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Jim Norton, with Marcella Riordan. |
Summary, etc.: | '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 twentieth-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 night time language of dreams here is history, anecdote, myth, folk tale -- and above all, a wondrous sense of humour coloured by a clear sense of humanity. In this exceptional reading by the Irish actor Jim Norton, with Marcella Riordan, the world of the Wake is more accessible than ever before. The abridgement, made by the composer and Joyce enthusiast Roger Marsh, is presented with the text, allowing the listener to get deeper into Joyce's labyrinth ... |
Additional Physical Form available Note: | Downloadable applications available for access via iOS 4.0+ devices (iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch) and Android 2.1+ devices. |
System Details Note: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. Requires RBdigital Media Manager. System requirements: 200 MB of free disk space, 512 MB of RAM, Windows Installer 3.1, Microsoft .NET Framework 4 (x86 and x64), Windows Media Player 10 QA. |
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Subject: | Older men Fiction Dreams Fiction Dublin (Ireland) Fiction |
Genre: | Downloadable audio books. |
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