Moby-Dick or the Whale
Moby-Dick or the Whale
Author: Herman Melville
Desc: "It is the horrible texture of a fabric that should be woven of ships' cables and hawsers. A Polar wind blows through it and birds of prey hover over it." So Melville wrote of his masterpiece one of the greatest works of imagination in literary history. In part Moby-Dick 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 encyclopaedia of whaling lore and legend the book can be seen as part of its author's lifelong meditation on America. Written with wonderfully redemptive humour Moby-Dick is also a profound inquiry into character faith and the nature of perception. This edition of Moby-Dick which reproduces the definitive text of the novel includes invaluable explanatory notes along with maps illustrations and a glossary of nautical terms.