{"product_id":"herman-melville-pierre-or-the-ambiguities-signet-classical-books-9780451002730","title":"Pierre: Or the Ambiguities (Signet Classical Books)","description":"Melville, Herman. Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities. With a Foreword by Lawrance Thompson. New York, The New American Library, 1964. 11 x 18cm. (21), 408 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear, including mild foxing to edges. Inscribed with previous owner's name. From the library of swiss - american - irish poet Chuck Kruger. [A Signet Classic, No. CT271]. This was Melville's 1852 follow-up to the then flop Moby Dick. 'Ambiguities indeed! One long brain-muddling, soul-bewildering ambiguity (to borrow Mr. Melville's style), like Melchisedeck, without beginning or end-a labyrinth without a clue - an Irish bog without so much as a Jack o'the'lantern to guide the wanderer's footsteps - the dream of a distempered stomach, disordered by a hasty supper on half-cooked pork chops. So judged the New York Herald when Pierre was first published in 1852, with most contemporary reviewers joining in the general condemnation: 'a dead failure,' 'this crazy rigmarole,' and a literary mare's nest. Latter-day critics have recognized in the story of Melville's idealistic young hero a corrosive satire of the sentimental-Gothic novel, and a revolutionary foray into modernist literary techniques. [Penguin Books]","brand":"New American Library","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53703490404694,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0925\/5829\/5382\/files\/product_image_9780451002730_1_66bd25f7-baba-4f54-a169-8c7a94960a04.jpg?v=1781758912","url":"https:\/\/www.momoxbooks.com\/products\/herman-melville-pierre-or-the-ambiguities-signet-classical-books-9780451002730","provider":"momoxbooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}