" Even Joyce's wife, Nora, once referred in her letters to "Finnegans Wake" as "that chop suey you're writing" and once asked him, "Why don't you write sensible books that people can understand?

WSJ: 'Finnegans Wake' Is Greek to Many; Now Imagine It in Chinese

"Finnegans Wake" is on another level, however.

WSJ: 'Finnegans Wake' Is Greek to Many; Now Imagine It in Chinese

"Finnegans Wake" famously begins midsentence.

WSJ: 'Finnegans Wake' Is Greek to Many; Now Imagine It in Chinese