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Finnegans Wake

By: James Joyce
Narrated by: Barry McGovern, Marcella Riordan
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"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 20th-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 nighttime and the language of dreams, here are history, anecdote, myth, folk tale and, above all, a wondrous sense of humor, colored by a clear sense of humanity. In this exceptional reading by the Irish actor Barry McGovern, with Marcella Riordan, the world of the Wake is more accessible than ever before.

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©1975 The Trustees of the Estate of James Joyce (P)2021 Naxos AudioBooks Classics European World Literature Witty
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Finnegans wake as an audiobook, who thought it could be possible!? Magnificent performance, beautifully read.

Amazing!

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Story is not quite the word. But what a reading! The playfulness, humour and lyricism all captured beautifully.

The unreadable made audible?

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Hard to believe that there is now an audiobook version of this most ‘difficult’ of movies. And the performances - of both the main narrator, Barry McGowan, and Marcella Riordan are nothing short of terrific. Just wonderful to allow Joyce’s soundworld wash over you.

A tour de force that will never be equalled

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Surely the greatest achievement in the history of audio books. Congratulations to all of those involved.

Wonderful

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The performance is brilliant and takes alot of the work away from interpreting the sound of the text.

Great interpretation of a work that has a reputati

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