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Μόμπι Ντικ
Ποιος δεν τον ξέρει τον Μόμπι Ντικ, την άσπρη φάλαινα; Και τον καπετάν Άχαμπ, που την κυνηγάει μανιασμένος απ' άκρη σ' άκρη των ωκεανών, για να πάρει την εκδίκησή του; Με το Πίκουοτ, το γέρικο σκαρί του, κι ένα τσούρμο ναύτες κοντά του, ξεκινάει να δώσει μια μάχη τρομερή, μια μάχη μέχρι θανάτου. Ανάμεσα στους άντρες του Πίκουοτ είναι κι ο Ισμαήλ, ένας νεαρός ναύτης, που τελικά θα σωθεί και θα γράψει την ιστορία του καπετάνιου του και της τρομερής άσπρης φάλαινας, που κανείς δεν κατάφερε να την νικήσει. Μαζί τους κι ο Κουικουέγκ, ο άγριος, ο φίλος του Ισμαήλ, που μαζί θα μπαρκάρουν και θα κάνουν το μισό γύρο του κόσμου, κυνηγώντας τον Μόμπι Ντικ. Το Πίκουοτ κάνει αργά-αργά το γύρο της γης, ταξιδεύει όλο και πιο μακριά από την ασφάλεια της πατρίδας, όλο και πιο μακριά από το λιμάνι της. Το βιβλίο αυτό, που ο Χέρμαν Μέλβιλ το 'ζησε περισσότερο παρά το έγραψε, είναι μια πραγματικά "μεγάλη περιπέτεια", ένα ταξίδι στην απεραντοσύνη των ωκεανών και της ανθρώπινης ψυχής. Και ένα από τα σημαντικότερα μυθιστορήματα, που έχει να επιδείξει η παγκόσμια λογοτεχνία.
110 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2002
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Herman Melville
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Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death, Melville was no longer well known to the public, but the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick eventually would be considered one of the great American novels.
Melville was born in New York City, the third child of a prosperous merchant whose death in 1832 left the family in dire financial straits. He took to sea in 1839 as a common sailor on a merchant ship and then on the whaler Acushnet, but he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. Typee, his first book, and its sequel, Omoo (1847), were travel-adventures based on his encounters with the peoples of the islands. Their success gave him the financial security to marry Elizabeth Shaw, the daughter of the Boston jurist Lemuel Shaw. Mardi (1849), a romance-adventure and his first book not based on his own experience, was not well received. Redburn (1849) and White-Jacket (1850), both tales based on his experience as a well-born young man at sea, were given respectable reviews, but did not sell well enough to support his expanding family.
Melville's growing literary ambition showed in Moby-Dick (1851), which took nearly a year and a half to write, but it did not find an audience, and critics scorned his psychological novel Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852). From 1853 to 1856, Melville published short fiction in magazines, including "Benito Cereno" and "Bartleby, the Scrivener". In 1857, he traveled to England, toured the Near East, and published his last work of prose, The Confidence-Man (1857). He moved to New York in 1863, eventually taking a position as a United States customs inspector.
From that point, Melville focused his creative powers on poetry. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866) was his poetic reflection on the moral questions of the American Civil War. In 1867, his eldest child Malcolm died at home from a self-inflicted gunshot. Melville's metaphysical epic Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land was published in 1876. In 1886, his other son Stanwix died of apparent tuberculosis, and Melville retired. During his last years, he privately published two volumes of poetry, and left one volume unpublished. The novella Billy Budd was left unfinished at his death, but was published posthumously in 1924. Melville died from cardiovascular disease in 1891.
Herman Melville was an American novelist, short story writer, and poet of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851); Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia; and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death, Melville was no longer well known to the public, but the 1919 centennial of his birth was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick eventually would be considered one of the great American novels.
Melville was born in New York City, the third child of a prosperous merchant whose death in 1832 left the family in dire financial straits. He took to sea in 1839 as a common sailor on a merchant ship and then on the whaler Acushnet, but he jumped ship in the Marquesas Islands. Typee, his first book, and its sequel, Omoo (1847), were travel-adventures based on his encounters with the peoples of the islands. Their success gave him the financial security to marry Elizabeth Shaw, the daughter of the Boston jurist Lemuel Shaw. Mardi (1849), a romance-adventure and his first book not based on his own experience, was not well received. Redburn (1849) and White-Jacket (1850), both tales based on his experience as a well-born young man at sea, were given respectable reviews, but did not sell well enough to support his expanding family.
Melville's growing literary ambition showed in Moby-Dick (1851), which took nearly a year and a half to write, but it did not find an audience, and critics scorned his psychological novel Pierre: or, The Ambiguities (1852). From 1853 to 1856, Melville published short fiction in magazines, including "Benito Cereno" and "Bartleby, the Scrivener". In 1857, he traveled to England, toured the Near East, and published his last work of prose, The Confidence-Man (1857). He moved to New York in 1863, eventually taking a position as a United States customs inspector.
From that point, Melville focused his creative powers on poetry. Battle-Pieces and Aspects of the War (1866) was his poetic reflection on the moral questions of the American Civil War. In 1867, his eldest child Malcolm died at home from a self-inflicted gunshot. Melville's metaphysical epic Clarel: A Poem and Pilgrimage in the Holy Land was published in 1876. In 1886, his other son Stanwix died of apparent tuberculosis, and Melville retired. During his last years, he privately published two volumes of poetry, and left one volume unpublished. The novella Billy Budd was left unfinished at his death, but was published posthumously in 1924. Melville died from cardiovascular disease in 1891.
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October 8, 2022
Αναγνωρίζω την αξία του έργου, απλώς εγώ δεν…
June 17, 2026
Μόλις τελείωσα αυτό το αριστούργημα και δεν έχω λόγια .
• Ο Herman Melville έβαλε όλη του την τέχνη για να γράψει ένα βιβλίο ευχαριστώ.
• Ο Ισμαηλ αυτός ο νέος με όνειρα που δεν περίμενε ότι θα καταλήξουν έτσι .
• Ο καπετάν Αχαμπ με το πάθος του να εκδικηθεί την φάλαινα Μπόμπι Ντικ που θα τον οδηγήσει στην καταστροφή του .
• Ο Herman Melville έβαλε όλη του την τέχνη για να γράψει ένα βιβλίο ευχαριστώ.
• Ο Ισμαηλ αυτός ο νέος με όνειρα που δεν περίμενε ότι θα καταλήξουν έτσι .
• Ο καπετάν Αχαμπ με το πάθος του να εκδικηθεί την φάλαινα Μπόμπι Ντικ που θα τον οδηγήσει στην καταστροφή του .
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August 22, 2023Εκτενέστατες αφηγήσεις και περιγραφές, πάρα πολλά ονόματα και ναυτική ορολογία που στο τέλος κουράζουν τον αναγνώστη. Ενώ με την πρώτη επαφή, στα πρώτα κεφάλαια φαίνεται πολύ ενδιαφέρον δυστυχώς στην πορεία γίνεται κουραστικό και βαρετό 😵💫
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