Joyce's Finnegans Wake sells out quickly in China
A Chinese man points near a large billboard advertising the translated work of James Joyce's Finnegans Wake on a street in Beijing on Wednesday. Ng Han Guan / Associated Press |
The Chinese version is no easier to read than the original, the loyal-minded translator assures, but James Joyce's Finnegans Wake has still sold out its initial run in China - with the help of some big urban billboards.
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