Melville: A Novel (New York Review Books Classics)

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Melville: A Novel (New York Review Books Classics)

In the fall of 1849, Herman Melville traveled to London to deliver his novel White-Jacket to his publisher. On his return to America, Melville would write Moby-Dick. Melville: A Novel imagines what happened in between: the adventurous writer fleeing London for the country, wrestling with an angel, falling in love with an Irish nationalist, and, finally, meeting the angelâ€™s challengeâ€”to express manâ€™s fate by writing the novel that would become his masterpiece.

Eighty years after it appeared in English, Moby-Dick was translated into French for the first time by the ProvenÃ§al novelist Jean Giono and his friend Lucien Jacques. The publisher persuaded Giono to write a preface, granting him unusual latitude. The result was this literary essai,
Melville: A Novelâ€”part biography, part philosophical rumination, part romance, part unfettered fantasy. Paul Eprileâ€™s expressive translation of this intimate homage brings the exchange full circle.

Paul Eprile was a co-winner of the French-American Foundation's 2018 Translation Prize for his translation of Melville.
Country USA
Brand New York Review of Books
Manufacturer NYRB Classics
Binding Paperback
Color Teal/Turquoise green
ReleaseDate 2017-09-12
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781681371375

Country	USA
Brand	New York Review of Books
Manufacturer	NYRB Classics
Binding	Paperback
Color	Teal/Turquoise green
ReleaseDate	2017-09-12
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781681371375

Melville: A Novel (New York Review Books Classics)

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