2006-09-05 14:32:50 · 8 answers · asked by rheeta_0u 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
james joyce is the best author to have lived in the past 100 years.
probably ever.
ulysses is the best novel ever. finnegan's wake and portrait... are contenders.
[the neanderthols on here have never heard of him].
2006-09-05 14:41:58 · answer #1 · answered by wilde.reader 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Irish will dispute this but I don't think so. I've tried to get through "Portrait of the Artist" a few times and can't seem to do it.
I think different authors appeal to different people. Joyce isn't one of my favs, but I know lots of people that would disagree.
2006-09-05 21:40:53 · answer #2 · answered by Lori 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
For sheer mastery of language, James Joyce is the best. However, for those of us who are so pre-post-modern as to value plot and character too, there's still Shakespeare.
2006-09-06 03:34:50 · answer #3 · answered by injanier 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't think he is 'the best author ever'. I liked his books for some reasons and disliked them for others. I don't really think you can say that one author is 'the best' because someone will always come along to change it.
2006-09-05 22:35:46 · answer #4 · answered by kxaltli 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally don't like him that much. I've never been able to get through Portrait of a Young Man.
2006-09-05 22:26:28 · answer #5 · answered by blah1 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Joyce who??????
2006-09-05 21:37:02 · answer #6 · answered by MissMandy 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No, that would be Betty MacDonald.
2006-09-05 21:41:09 · answer #7 · answered by Steve H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Ever? No.
2006-09-05 21:38:00 · answer #8 · answered by hquin_tset 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋