can't put a pin in how i felt abt this..n still keep going in circles abt it. recognize its objective importance n Thought i would love the vignettes (actually only picked this up bc of a prof who was obsessed w modernism n joyce, so i did know what i was getting into) more but some of them just felt beyond me. think my own lack of awareness in terms of the book's context or place in history played a big part, but there was also just a detachment i felt with some of the stories that i don't think i could recover or bridge with any amount of research. do Get It but i was craving some warmth in the in-betweens :,) bc when it's cold it's cold but when it's warm....then i get it.

✧ favorites: araby, eveline, a little cloud, a painful case, the dead