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The Passages of H.M.

By Jay Parini

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The Passages of H.M.

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With the same masterly touch that made The Last Station so powerful, Jay Parini penetrates the mind and soul of another literary titan. Through the eyes of his long-suffering wife, Lizzie, we are introduced to an aging, angry, and drunken Herman Melville. He is decades past his flourishing career as a writer of bestselling tales of seagoing adventures. His epic but ungainly Moby-Dick was meant to make him immortal, but critics scoffed and readers fled. He spends his days trudging the docks of New York as a customs inspector and contemplating his malign literary fate. But within him is stirring, perhaps, one great work yet. . . . In a narrative that shifts seamlessly between Lizzie's personal account and evocative snapshots of Melville's crowded life, Parini manages to humanize a giant of letters, while illuminating the source of his matchless creativity.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
466
Release Date:
2011-11-01
Publication Date:
2011-11-01
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
0307386198
ISBN13:
9780307386199
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
516 g
Height:
132 cm
Width:
203 cm
Thickness:
25 cm
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