Category: Art
The Spectators (Beautiful book acquried 6.11.2015)

Victor Hussenot’s The Spectators is a gorgeous new graphic novel from Nobrow. I’ve read it twice now (“read” as a verb seems inadequate but—), and will get to a proper review later this week. Excellent stuff. Nobrow’s blurb:
What if we are merely shadows, our characters defined by a simple inflection of light? The realm of possibilities opens up, because in our world we are nothing but spectators.
The Spectators unfolds as a poetic and philosophical introspection on the nature of man. Victor Hussenot‘s palette is awash with subtle colour, gently carrying the narrative and allowing the reader to envelop themselves in the lyricism of the work. Reminiscent of French New Wave cinema with its clipped dialogue, gentle pacing and departure from a classic narrative structure, The Spectators is an exciting new graphic novel.

Portrait of the Artist’s Father
The Bus — Paul Kirchner

Playdate — Chris Ware
Untitled — Alessandro Sicioldr
Diagram for Gesture Dance — Oskar Schlemmer

Woman in Cave — Paul Delvaux

Interior with Hippopotamus — Gilles Aillaud

The Taste of Sorrow — Rene Magritte

Copulation — Agostino Arrivabene

The Annunciation (Detail) — Hans Memling

Song in the Twilight — Franz Sedlacek

Bloomsday blog


Selections from one-star Amazon reviews of Ulysses

A list of Irish heroes (from “The Cyclops” episode of Ulysses)

Another page of Joyce’s notes, plus links to more

William Faulkner’s Joyce anxiety

Biblioklept’s lousy review (the review is lousy, not the book) of Dubliners
Joyce’s entry on the 1901 Irish Census

Biblioklept’s review (not so lousy, the review) of a superior full-cast audio recording of Ulysses
James Joyce explains why Odysseus is the most “complete man’ in literature

Leopold’s Bloom’s recipe for burnt kidney breakfast

Museo del Prado, Madrid — Elliott Erwitt

Animals of the First Creation — Barry Moser

Diomedes Devoured by His Horses — Gustave Moreau


Repin

Freud
