Day 22 of 18012% of the book
Episode V · Lotus Eaters
Bloom drifts toward the East and the smell of tea
Today's passage · lines 5.1–85
The 2-minute recap
With time to kill before the funeral, Bloom wanders south of the river, past a tea shop whose window sets him dreaming of the languid East — sleeping in the sun, doing nothing, flowers and warm water. …
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