“Ulysses,” in short

A “prosaic” summary of James Joyce’s “Ulysses” found in Elena Ferrante’s “The Story of a New Name.”

It’s true. The book is about how our heads, and Joyce’s in particular, are full of nonsense.

Disaster is private and, sadly, inevitable. Get a Life, Nadine Gordimer

Cigarette is useless Defines The type of day lived Conception

“Hijra” is the key with which to unlock Arundhati Roy’s The Ministry