I wouldn't say that I "got" Ulysses, but I made it through and enjoyed it. That would be my recommendation — not to worry about "getting" it, and just read and

I wouldn't say that I "got" Ulysses, but I made it through and enjoyed it. That would be my recommendation — not to worry about "getting" it, and just read and enjoy the words on the page, particularly the way they sound. The prose in Ulysses is song-like, it can pull you into a trance. (Much like the _Odyssey_.) Obviously sometimes you have to look up a word, but sometimes it's better to let it go and lose yourself in the effect. I don't know if I'd push myself through to read it nowadays, though. I am more willing to give up on a book now.