Moby-Dick: Or, the Whale - Melville Herman
Penguin Books 2003 654 anglické Herman Melville 488 gramů Brožovaná
Herman Melvilles masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. Nominated as one of Americas best-loved novels by PBSs The Great American Read
Over a century and a half after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unkn...
Over a century and a half after its publication, Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It is the story of an eerily compelling madman pursuing an unholy war against a creature as vast and dangerous and unknowable as the sea itself. But more than just a novel of adventure, more than an encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature. Never losing its cultural prescence, Melvilles nautical epic has inspired many films over the years, including the film adaptation of Nathanael Philbricks In the Heart of the Sea,