Volume 5 Number 24 Sat. June 19, 2004       Advertise with The Daily Star -- Advertising on the Website    Advertising in the Printed E dition-- Home  News Today's Index Front Page Business Political Sports Point-counterpoint Metropolitan National International Culture General Views Editorial Letters to Editor Write to Editor Sections Literature Others About Us Contact Advertisement Supplements Archives Literature On Bloomsday : all this because of a book! Bloomsday's origin lies in James Joyce's masterpiece Ulysses. It is an account of a single day, June 16, 1904 in the lives of the citizens of Dublin. Amiya Chakraborty On James Joyce PARIS. A fog-wrapped evening; lights glow in the streets. It was time now to leave Europe. Having decided to leave via Syria, I had spent the better part of the day at various travel agents' offices. Bloomsday Centenary Poem In Free Verse and Prose 16 June 2004--- Imagine! A hundred years since Stephen Dedalus and Leopold (Poldy) Bloom stepped out of their respective homes in Dublin...fair city where girls are so pretty...     Advertisement