Moby Dick (ENG.)
Herman Melvil
Original, Akcija 3 za 1599
"See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them."
See how elastic our prejudices grow when once love comes to bend them.
Moby-Dick still stands as an indisputable literary classic. It 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 encyclopedia of whaling lore and legend, Moby-Dick is a haunting, mesmerizing, and important social commentary populated with several of the most unforgettable and enduring characters in literature.
Written with wonderfully redemptive humor, Moby-Dick is a profound and timeless inquiry into character, faith, and the nature of perception.
- ISBN: 9788660363161
- Broj strana: 572
- Pismo: latinica
- Povez: Mek
- Format: 20x14
- Godina izdanja: 2024
Herman Melvil
Herman Melvil (1819–1891), američki je pisac, rođen u Njujorku. Život su mu obeležile brojne pustolovine. Prijavio se na kitolovac i plovio je južnim Pacifikom. Živeo je na Tahitiju i Havajima i bio u Američkoj mornarici. Godine 1844. prestao je da plovi i počeo da piše o svojim pomorskim iskustvima u raznim romanima: "Tajpi" (1846), "Omu" (1847), koji je pobrao velike uspehe, i svoje remek-delo "Mobi Dik" (1851).
U ovom romanu Melvil se osvrće na zlo, otelovljeno u dva glavna lika: s jedne strane je kit, koji predstavlja zlo bez osećanja pošto uništava sve na šta naiđe, a s druge je kapetan Ahab, koji predstavlja uporno zlo, pošto ga njegova lična mržnja i glad za osvetom teraju da goni kita iako time izlaže opasnosti živote svojih ljudi.
