This is the 30th session of Proust Group #FW, and we are 38.1 percent through our first reading of this planet's most challenging novel: Finnegans Wake. Reading will be confined to what we read aloud and gloss at our weekly Meetup sessions - Noon at the Panera Bread in Westwood. We will continue Book II, pages 240-250. Pace increase to 10 pgs/wk. Book II, Chapter 1, "Glugg (Shem) must guess the color of his sister's underwear." Beginning with, “But, low, boys low, he rises, shrivering, with his spittyful eyes and his whoozebecome woice.” [240]and Ending with, “Yet's the time for being now, now, now.” [250] Content Guides:1961. Campbell, pages 152-56.1969. Tindall. Children at play, riddles, pages 153-63.2012. Oxford. [masked]) Glugg returns, cleans up his act, will defend both HCE and ALP; [masked]) moonrise is imminent, night falls over over the zoo, the pub will open. A 'Phoenix Park nocturne'. Distantly HCE is heard calling; [masked]) Glugg, reformed, is reintroduced; the Floras tease him with more clues; [xxxvii-viii]2016. McHugh. [masked]) Glugg has again been driven off, is now more respectful of HCE and ALP. [masked]) nightfall appears in Phoenix Park which contains the Dublin zoo. (248) HCE calls the chrildren to come inside who ignore him and continue games and dances. [xiii] Each session will consist of a page summary, read aloud and gloss based on our notes from our prior solo reading of the assignment. Special guest Richard Beckman (third from the left) aids Proustians in appreciating the Wake with assistance from of Joyce's specter overhead. Panera Bread, Aug 13, 2017 To get through Finnegans Wake requires supplemental texts, Campbell, McHugh, Tindall and Burrell are listed below, others may be added. Send in your recommendations. Recommended editions [links are to each title's Goodreads page, scroll to "Get A Copy"]: The editions we will be using are available online or from your local library -see links below. The easiest way with the Wake may be this online text and gloss combination: http://www.finwake.com. This site plus one or more guidebooks should be sufficient. Finnegans Wake. James Joyce. New York: Oxford University Press, 2012 Annotations to Finnegans Wake. Roland McHugh. 4th Edition. Baltimore, MD: John Hopkins Univ. Press, 2016 But still, in addition to reading the Introductions in the two texts cited above, you'll need a general guidebook: A Reader's Guide to Finnegans Wake. William York Tindall. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1996 A Skeleton Key to Finnegans Wake: Unlocking James Joyce's Masterwork by Joseph Campbell and Henry Morton Robinson. New York: New World Library, 2013. A Conceptual Guide to Finnegans Wake. Edited by Michael H. Begnal and Fritz Senn. University Park PA: Pennsylvania State Univ Press, 1990. Finnegans Wake Goodreads homepage (https://www.goodreads.com/group/show/124430-finnegans-wake-grappa) Schedule:June 18, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, Book I, Chapter 1: pgs 3-14July 2, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs 7-14July 16, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs 14-19July 30, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs 19-24August 13, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs 24-26August 27, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs 26-29September 3, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, Book I, Chapter 2: pgs 30-39September 10, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs 39-47September 17, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, Book I, Chapter 3: pgs 48-57September 24, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs 57-66October 1, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs 66-74October 8, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, Book I, Chapter 4: pgs 75-85October 15, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs 85-93October 22, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs[masked]October 29, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, Book I, Chapter 5: pgs[masked]November 5, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs[masked]November 12, 2017 - pages[masked]November 19, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, Book I, Chapter 6: pgs[masked]November 26, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pages[masked]December 3, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs[masked]December 10, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs[masked]December 17, 2017 - Finnegans Wake, pgs[masked]January 7, 2018 - Finnegans Wake, Book I, Chapter 7: pgs[masked]January 14, 2018 - Finnegans Wake, pgs[masked]January 21, 2018 - Finnegans Wake, pgs[masked]January 28, 2018 - Finnegans Wake, Book I, Chapter 8: pgs[masked]February 4, 2018 - Finnegans Wake, pgs[masked] February 11, 2018 - Finnegans Wake, Book II, Chapter 1 [9]: pgs[masked]February 18, 2018 - Finnegans Wake, Book II, Chapter 1, pgs[masked] Parking:$2/hr Metered street after 11AM$6 Flat rate garage under building (enter off Lindbrook)Free first two hours at the Broxton parking structure one block north—they have electric charging stations. $1.50/20 minutes thereafter.Free street parking south of Wilshire Blvd (Sundays only)