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Why Read Moby-Dick?
Penguin Books
ISBN13:
9780143123972
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A brilliant and provocative (The New Yorker) celebration of Melvilles masterpiecefrom the bestselling author of In the Heart of the Sea, Valiant Ambition, and In the Hurricane's Eye One of the greatest American novels finds its perfect contemporary champion in Why Read Moby-Dick?, Nathaniel Philbricks enlightening and entertaining tour through Melvilles classic. As he did in his National Book Awardwinning bestseller In the Heart of the Sea, Philbrick brings a sailors eye and an adventurers passion to unfolding the story behind an epic American journey. He skillfully navigates Melvilles world and illuminates the books humor and unforgettable charactersfinding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. An ideal match between author and subject, Why Read Moby-Dick? will start conversations, inspire arguments, and make a powerful case that this classic tale waits to be discovered anew. Gracefully written [with an] infectious enthusiasm
New York Times Book Review
- | Author: Nathaniel Philbrick
- | Publisher: Penguin Books
- | Publication Date: September 24, 2013
- | Number of Pages: 144 pages
- | Language: English
- | Binding: Paperback
- | ISBN-10: 0143123971
- | ISBN-13: 9780143123972
- Author:
- Nathaniel Philbrick
- Publisher:
- Penguin Books
- Publication Date:
- September 24, 2013
- Number of pages:
- 144 pages
- Language:
- English
- Binding:
- Paperback
- ISBN-10:
- 0143123971
- ISBN-13:
- 9780143123972