June is a girl's name, just like April and May. They are very pretty names that evoke sunshine, flowers, soft rain and birdsong.
June is also a month that we associate with James Joyce and his novel, Ulysses.
Bloomsday is celebrated on June 16th, commemorating that same date in 1904.
Joyce's contemporary, Virginia Woolf said that surely the world was much more beautiful then, before the ravages of World War 1.
So when you see people dressed in their beautiful costumes on Bloomsday, think that they have set the clock back to a time when conversations were witty, challenging, highly amusing, sometimes outrageous and cleverly sprinkled with knowledge of the classics, a time before the terrible destruction of the two world wars.
They are enjoying a brief escape from reality.
In June we also have the Madrid Book Fair up until June 15th. Therefore you are still on time to visit the fair where readers and writers mingle and authors willingly sign copies of their books. And if you miss this year's fair, you can mark your calendar for next year.
No hay comentarios:
Publicar un comentario