James Joyce Waste Land", 1922 was a key year in the history of English-language literary modernism. In "Ulysses", Joyce employs stream of consciousness, parody, jokes, and virtually every other literary technique to present his characters. The action of the novel, which takes place in a single day, 16 June 1904, sets the characters and incidents of the Odyssey of Homer in modern Dublin and represents Odysseus (Ulysses), Penelope and Telemachus in the characters of Leopold Bloom, his wife Molly Bloom and Stephen Dedalus, parodically contrasted with their lofty models. The book explores various areas of Dublin life, dwelling on its squalor and
Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures Rumo and His Miraculous Adventures is a fantasy novel, written and comically illustrated by German author Walter Moers. The story follows the progress of a young Wolperting (which are distinct from the Wolpertingers of Bavarian Folklore) in the fictional land of Zamonia, who is named Rumo, after the famous Zamonian card game, by Volzotan Smyke. When an entire city, called Wolperting –where civilized Wolpertings go to live, socialize, and even play chess – goes missing, it is up to Rumo to save the day and find it. The novel takes place on the fictional continent