<P>¿In <I>Timeless Joyce</I>, Asun L¿pez-Varela offers a holistic, dense, and substantial approach to the study of <I>Ulysses</I>, in commemoration of its publication centenary. The author manages to tackle multiple perspectives that pivot around key aspects of Joyce¿s narrative by structuring her account around the spiral figure. This brilliant design makes it possible to include not only detailed thematic studies, but also to recurrently return to the main research lines proposed, in an easy, smooth, and natural way. Especially relevant are the myth cells revisited, with a perceptive method that allows transcendental appreciation without forgetting the language puns, the metaphysical substratum, and the Joycean ironic groundwork.¿</P><P>(Juan Ignacio Oliva Cruz, President of the James Joyce Association of Spain)</P><P></P><P>¿L¿pez-Varela¿s volume deserves attention not only for the accumulation of new analytical threads but also for the inspiring spiral framework that shows Joyce¿s