[MadIvan]

Ulysses by James Joyce.

Regards, Ivan

[goldstategop]

The Talmud. It is the one work akin to pure mathematics. It is taut, abrupt and the inner logic is exactly the reverse of which we are familiar. Nevertheless, it has all the liveliness of a scholastic debate and in its pages one can find generations of scholars trying to dicipher the true meaning of The Torah. This is one work best studied with a teacher and fellow students so you can anticipate where the debate is heading. It is with the aid of Rashi, that the work becomes less opaque and much clearer. Without his contribution, Jews would have a harder time appreciating all the subleties of The Talmud, which is literally a world unto itself.

[wtc911]

Joyce is a great-uncle on my mother's side. I never warmed to his work. (btw...my BA major was CompLit) I liked the Germans and Americans best (after the Bard of Avon of course). The Russian writers drove me crazy too.

[GopherIt]

Missed you lately. Interested in your read on present sit.