Melville was born into a wealthy family in New York City but faced financial difficulties after his father's death. He married Elizabeth Shaw and had a close relationship with his siblings. Melville's education was interrupted by his father's death, but he showed promise as a student. He worked as a clerk and a school teacher before embarking on a voyage at sea, which inspired his first successful novels, "Typee" and "Omoo." Melville's later works, such as "Moby-Dick" and "Billy Budd," were not as well-received during his lifetime. He faced personal struggles and experienced a decline in popularity, but his works have since been recognized as significant contributions to American literature.
El gran clàssic de Herman Melville en què la caça d'un catxalot es converteix en una metàfora de la condició humana.
Ismael és un jove mariner que relata la història de l'expedició del vaixell Pequod. Sota el comandament del pertorbat capità Ahab, la tripulació va a la recerca d'una ferotge i gegantina balena blanca, Moby Dick, que regna a les profunditats de l'oceà Pacífic i que ha posat fi a la vida de nombrosos pescadors i mariners. El mateix Ahab ha estat una de les seves víctimes. Ple d'odi, el capità jura venjança.
Herman Melville descriu magistralment el periple a la recerca de Moby Dick, el personatge principal duna història d'aventures fascinant. Una obra mestra de la literatura universal.
Reseñes:
«Misteriosa. Monstruosa. Èpica. Gairebé dos segles després, l'obra mestra de Herman Melville segueix plena de veritats universals».
Esquire
«Crec que el llibre que vaig acabar amb el pensament intrusiu tan de bò ho hagués escrit jo és Moby Dick».
William Faulkner
«És l'Everest de la literatura: enorme i aparentment insuperable, el seu pic nevat és tat esquiu com la mateixa cua de la gran Balena Blanca».
Philip Hoare, The Guardian
«Traduir Moby Dick ha estat una navegació apassionant».
Maria Antonia Oliver
Title : Moby Dick
EAN : 9788410009295
Publisher : La Magrana
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