Ulysses' Odyssey - Cyclops
- D. M. Wright
- Jul 25
- 1 min read
An audacious collision of epic and modernist chaos, this rollicking adaptation fuses The Odyssey with Ulysses, twisting Homer’s mythic voyage into a labyrinth of Joycean absurdity. Ulysses, a cunning warrior with meandering mind, navigates bureaucratic nightmares, drunken philosophers, and the sheer surrealism of Ithacan society among his crew as they sail home from the war in Troy, contending with Greco myths and mayhem in tribulations as much existential menace as a physical challenge. Packed with irreverent humour, absurd language and a gleeful disregard for convention, this is a masterpiece of literary pastiche—where high culture meets the sublime art of nonsense in one grand, chaotic odyssey.
Ulysses' Odyssey is bound to bridge the gap between myth and modernism, offering a raucous entry point for those who have long hesitated at the gates of Joyce’s labyrinthine prose.
Book 1's Cyclops will have mounting Joyce's 'Ulysses: Cyclops' without even breaking a sweat.
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