By Julián Rios
Translated by Nick Caistor
Paperback: 9781628976793
eBook: 9781628976809
Publication Date: February 9th, 2027
Description
Julián Ríos's The House of Ulysses is at once a serious literary experiment and an accessible guide to James Joyce’s imposing masterpiece.
Some say every book is born out of an earlier book. Just as James Joyce's Ulysses unraveled Homer’s Odyssey scene by scene, Julián Ríos's The House of Ulysses returns the favor, giving us the story of several bickering characters hoping to get to the bottom of Joyce's masterpiece. Walking the line between a slapstick parody of the Joyce Industry and a legitimate guide for the perplexed, Ríos elucidates Joyce’s key ideas, traces his references, and casts new light on his deeply human characters. The House of Ulysses is a playful, punning companion for the experienced Joycean and cautious procrastinator alike: one novel dreaming its way through another.
Biographical Note
Julián Ríos is Spain’s foremost postmodernist writer. He was born in Galicia in 1941 and educated primarily in Madrid. His best-known work is Larva, an experimental novel that has been the subject of many studies. During the seventies he was an important publisher, creating and running the Espiral collection of Fundamentos, a Madrid publishing house. The collection included books by Thomas Pynchon, John Barth and Severo Sarduy. A contributor to various magazines, both Spanish and foreign, he currently lives in France, on the outskirts of Paris.
Nick Caistor is a translator, journalist and author of non-fiction books. He has translated some 40 books from Spanish and Portuguese. These include works by Paulo Coelho, Alan Pauls, Martin Kohan, Eduardo Mendoza, Juan Marsé and Manuel Vázquez Montalban. He has twice been awarded the Valle-Inclán prize for translation. As a journalist, he has presented and produced programs on Britain’s Radio 4 and the BBC World Service, and contributes to the TLS and the Guardian. Nick lives in Norwich, England with his wife, Amanda Hopkinson.