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Joyce lived in Zurich during World War I and died there in 1941. Nora Barnacle, their son Georgio and their daughter-in-law Asta Jahnke-Osterwalder Joyce are also buried in Fluntern Cemetery. The statue of Joyce was designed by the American sculptor Milton Hebald.
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Statue of James Joyce at his grave in Fluntern Cemetery, Zurich. Photograph by www.picture-newsletter.com.
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Goodbye Guilt
For those of you who have served time in academe and come away infected with lingering guilt about not having read Ulysses or other classics of world literature, I can also offer a rationale that works just fine for me.
Joyce, like many revered writers, spent years polishing his book with no thought of any other audience than himself and the self-contained literary world in which he hoped to make his mark.
He would have been surprised at the notion that a thorough knowledge of Ulysses ought to be part of the cultural baggage of every educated person.
Consequently there should be no shame in admitting that we don't have the background or understanding to appreciate his work, except maybe in isolated snippets.