Moby Dick
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ISBN
9781519202932
Moby Dick è un american sea stories, mentally ill book di Herman Melville.
Informazioni su questo libro
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death to Moby Dick!" So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession -- the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercial mission is perverted to one of vengeance. To Ahab, the monster that destroyed his body is not a creature, but the symbol of "some unknown but still reasoning thing." Uncowed by natural disasters, ill omens, even death, Ahab urges his ship towards "the undeliverable, nameless perils of the whale." Key letters from Melville to Nathaniel Hawthorne are printed at the end of this volume. - Back cover.
Sull'Autore
Herman Melville è l'autore di Moby Dick. Esplora il suo catalogo completo su Booklogr.
Edizioni e Formati
Cosa Dicono i Lettori
“A book that rewards patience. The payoff in the final chapters is worth every whale anatomy lesson.”
“Took me three attempts to finish it. On the third try, everything clicked and I understood the hype.”
“The Pequod is a microcosm of America. Melville saw the cracks in the nation before the Civil War.”
Recensioni (10)
A book that rewards patience. The payoff in the final chapters is worth every whale anatomy lesson.
The Pequod is a microcosm of America. Melville saw the cracks in the nation before the Civil War.
Queequeg and Ishmael's friendship is the heart of the novel. Their bond is one of literature's most touching.
I respect it more than I enjoy it. The ambition is staggering but the execution tests your endurance.
This book contains everything - adventure, philosophy, humor, horror, and the deepest meditation on obsession ever written.
Every chapter on whale classification is actually about human classification. Melville was playing 4D chess.
Ahab's obsession is compelling but the cetology chapters nearly sank the book for me. Pun intended.
Call me Ishmael. Three words and you're hooked. Melville wrote the great American novel and nobody noticed for decades.
Domande Frequenti
Di che genere è Moby Dick?+
Moby Dick è un libro di American Sea stories, Mentally ill, Whaling, Science Fiction & Fantasy, Whales.
Di cosa parla Moby Dick?+
"Command the murderous chalices! Drink ye harpooners! Drink and swear, ye men that man the deathful whaleboat's bow -- Death to Moby Dick!" So Captain Ahab binds his crew to fulfil his obsession -- the destruction of the great white whale. Under his lordly but maniacal command the Pequod's commercia...
Chi ha scritto Moby Dick?+
Moby Dick è stato scritto da Herman Melville.
Qual è la valutazione di Moby Dick?+
Moby Dick ha una valutazione media di 4.2/5 basata su 10 valutazioni su Booklogr.