Moby Dick - Brossura

Melville, Herman

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0062085646 ISBN 13: 9780062085641

Casa editrice: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2011

Riassunto

A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick

“Call me Ishmael.”

Thus begins one of the most famous journeys in literature—the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod and its embattled, monomaniacal Captain Ahab. Ishmael quickly learns that the Pequod’s captain sails for revenge against the elusive Moby Dick, a sperm whale with a snow-white hump and mottled skin that destroyed Ahab’s former vessel and left him crippled. As the Pequod sails deeper through the nights and into the sea, the divisions between man and nature begin to blur—so do the lines between good and evil, as the fates of the ship’s crewmen become increasingly unclear....

Melville’s classic tale of obsession and the sea, one of the most important and enduring masterworks of nineteenth-century literature, Moby Dick is a riveting drama, exploring rage, hope, destiny, and the deepest questions of moral truth.

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L'autore:

Herman Melville (1819-1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. The author of novels such as Billy Budd, Sailor and Happy Failure, as well as enduringly popular short stories, such as Bartleby, the Scrivener and The Bell-Tower, Melville is hailed as one of definitive masters of American literature.

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“Call me Ishmael.”

Thus begins one of the most famous journeys in literature—the voyage of the whaling ship Pequod and its embattled, monomaniacal Captain Ahab. Ishmael quickly learns that the Pequod’s captain sails for revenge against the elusive Moby Dick, a sperm whale with a snow-white hump and mottled skin that destroyed Ahab’s former vessel and left him crippled. As the Pequod sails deeper through the nights and into the sea, the divisions between man and nature begin to blur—so do the lines between good and evil, as the fates of the ship’s crewmen become increasingly unclear....

Melville’s classic tale of obsession and the sea, one of the most important and enduring masterworks of nineteenth-century literature, Moby Dick is a riveting drama, exploring rage, hope, destiny, and the deepest questions of moral truth.

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• Editore: Harper Perennial Modern Classics
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0062085646
• ISBN 13: 9780062085641
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 589