Moby Dick; or, The Whale

Moby-Dick
Bok av Herman Melville
Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is a novel by American writer Herman Melville, published in 1851 during the period of the American Renaissance. Sailor Ishmael tells the story of the obsessive quest of Ahab, captain of the whaler Pequod, for revenge on Moby Dick, the white whale which on an earlier voyage destroyed his ship and severed his leg at the knee. The novel was a commercial failure and out of print at the time of the author's death in 1891, but during the 20th century, its reputation as a Great American Novel was established. William Faulkner confessed he wished he had written it himself, and D. H. Lawrence called it "one of the strangest and most wonderful books in the world," and "the greatest book of the sea ever written." "Call me Ishmael" is among world literature's most famous opening sentences.
Klassisk bok om en sjökapten som drabbas av en stor vit val och mister sitt normala liv av sorg och vrede och blir besatt av att jaga och döda valen. spännande dramatisk och överraskande bok som låter typisk manlig men som med all säkerhet kan avnjutas som ett alternativ till en deckare av kvinnor. En sträckläsare och bladvändare man inte skastressa igenom utan njuta av under flera tillfällen för att inte missa njutningen av ord språk och poesin.