Joyce seems lately walks a lot for this blog, but I could not ignore the presentation in Dublin Order of Finnegans , a book of stories written by the members of this club. But go slowly: it is now held in the Irish capital Bloomsday, the celebration that pays tribute to Joyce and Ulysses , which takes place on June 16, 1904. On this day, many Dubliners take to the streets dressed as Leopold Bloom, Molly Bloom and Stephen Dedalus to recreate the events of the novel. Theatres and street dancing, public readings of Ulysses ... an event is attended by thousands. Though perhaps a bit disappointed to know that few of the attendees have read Ulysses as a reporter showed Irish Times, which did not find any native who had read the entire piece.
The Order of Finnegans was founded in 2008, for a Bloomsday , and their purpose are the work of Joyce revere above all things and attend every June 16 in Dublin. It consists of five writers and one editor, among which Vila-Matas, although each year can admit a new member. The name, oddly enough, it is not due to the novel by Joyce, Finnegans Wake (which, incidentally, much to the annoyance of mine is decommissioned in Spain since the early 90's, and I have not been able to get or second hand), but the pub Finnegans of Dalkey, a town near Dublin (hence "the" and not "of").
Well, as commented at the beginning of the entry, this Order has just published a book compiling stories related to Dublin and Ulysses and several critical essays and literary theory. What is most striking is the cover: a photograph of Marilyn Monroe in swimsuit reading Ulysses , which apparently was published at the time in any American magazine. Since then, it seems a very interesting proposal for all those lovers of literature Joyce.
I would like to finish without making a point about the role of Vila-Matas therein. As many of you know, the plot of the latest novel by Catalan, Dublinesca , who starred in an entry in this blog when it was published, revolves around Bloomsday and Dublin. Well, I already read the novel and looking for information on the Order of Finnegans , I've noticed he has a lot of autobiographical, because what happens to the protagonist is very similar to the author's experience Dublin the day of the founding of the Order. The same day (although I'm overreaching a bit in length input), I recommend Dublinesca , that while weakens a bit in the second half, is full of ironic winks and interesting thoughts on the future of the novel.
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