INTERVIEW/Re-Joyce in translation: Scholar breathes Sinitic life into 'Finnegans Wake'
03/05/2025 10:05 AM
Once deemed impossible to translate, James Joyce's "Finnegans Wake" has finally received its first complete rendering for the Mandarin-speaking world.
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