A Chinese edition of James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake has sold out in China, with a second edition being printed to meet the demand.

Joyce’s final work, Finnegans Wake is known for its complex use of language and it took 17-years to complete.

The famous novel took eight years to translate into Chinese and an initial run of 8,000 copies sold out in just over one month, since its release on December 25.

The BBC reports the book was promoted on billboards in Shanghai and Beijing. More >>