Publisher name:
HerderYear of publication:
2016Pages:
200 Book size:
12x16cm
Weight: 175 g
Binding:
RusticThe bitter confrontation between Captain Ahab and Moby Dick has become over the years a commonplace of world literature. The great work of Herman Melville recounts the way in which a white, a symbol of self-destructive obsession with invisible threads whale drags the crew of the Pequod to confront face to face with his destiny. However, in the same way in which the vast ocean hidden beneath the surface a whole underwater world, prose by American author dipped their nets into deep waters with intention to capture the complex essence of being human.
"The white whale oppresses me. Crush Me! But it is what lies behind the mask what I pursue, the evil entity that has buried the man from the beginning of time! "