The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville

Name: The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville
Brand: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
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By Jay Parini

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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.

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Binding:: Paperback
Number of Pages:: 464
Release Date:: 2011-11-01
Publication Date:: 2011-11-01
Publisher:: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Languages:: Published: English, Original: English
ISBN10:: 0307386198
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:: [email protected]
Weight:: 363 g
Height:: 20.3 cm
Width:: 13.1 cm
Thickness:: 2.6 cm

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