The original 'Great American Novel', Herman Melville's "Moby-Dick" is a masterful study of obsession. This "Penguin Classics" edition contains an introduction by Andrew Delblanco, with explanatory commentary by Tom Quirk. 'Call me Ishmael.' So begins Herman Melville's masterpiece, one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. As Ishmael is drawn into Captain Ahab's obsessive quest to slay the white whale Moby-Dick, he finds himself engaged in a metaphysical struggle between good and evil. More than just a novel of adventure, more than an paean to whaling lore and legend, "Moby-Dick" is a haunting social commentary, populated by some of the most enduring characters in literature; the crew of the Pequod, from stern, Quaker First Mate Starbuck, to the tattooed Polynesian harpooner Queequeg, are a vision of the world in microcosm, the pinnacle of Melville's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour, "Moby-Dick" is a profound, poetic inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception. Based on the Northwestern University Press edition, this "Penguin Classics" edition includes a critical introduction by Andrew Delbanco, as well as valuable explanatory notes, maps, illustrations and a glossary of nautical terms. Herman Melville is now regarded as one of America's greatest novelists. Much of the material for his novels was drawn from his own experience as a seaman aboard whaling ships. He wrote his masterpiece "Moby-Dick" in 1851, and died in 1891. If you enjoyed "Moby-Dick", you may like Miguel de Cervantes' "Don Quixote", also available in "Penguin Classics". "After reading "Moby-Dick", you will have enhanced your sense of wonder, you will have increased the size of your universe". (E. M. Forster). "One of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world...It moves awe in the soul". (D. H. Lawrence).
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Dette er historien om den sinnssyke kapteinen Ahab og hans fantastiske jakt på den beryktede hvite hvalen Moby Dick.
Innledning av Andrew Delbanco. Noter og kommentarer av Tom Quirk

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ISBN
9780142437247
Publisert
2003
Utgave
1. utgave
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin
Vekt
500 gr
Høyde
196 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
30 mm
Aldersnivå
Voksen
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

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