Ulysses Hardcover – February 9, 2026

The masterpiece of modernism that reimagined the novel and captured the infinite complexity of a single day."History, Stephen said, is a nightmare from which I am trying to awake."Ulysses is James Joyce’s landmark novel, universally regarded as one of the most important works of literature in the 20th century. Set entirely on June 16, 1904, in Dublin, the story weaves together the wandering paths of Stephen Dedalus, a young intellectual seeking his artistic voice, and Leopold Bloom, a middle-aged advertising canvasser and modern-day Everyman. As they traverse the streets, pubs, and institutions of the city, Joyce illuminates their inner lives with unflinching intimacy through his revolutionary stream-of-consciousness technique.Paralleling the structure of Homer’s Odyssey, the novel elevates the mundane events of ordinary life—a funeral, a bar fight, a walk on the beach—to the scale of an epic journey. From the intellectual rigors of the "Proteus" episode to the bawdy theatricality of "Circe" and the breathless, unpunctuated affirmation of Molly Bloom’s final soliloquy, Ulysses is a dazzling display of linguistic mastery. It is a book that celebrates the chaos, the vulgarity, and the profound beauty of being human. Read more