choose a long novel, make sure it’s ‘heavy’, no swearing at dense paragraphs – The Irish Times
I remember a prominent cultural commentator being asked decades ago if she had read Finnegan’s Wake. “I have so much to read first,” she said ruefully. “I still have to finish Proust in French.” It seems like the ultimate New Year’s reading project for someone who wasn’t raised francophone. Ulysses can go to hell. Professionals …