Libri di Herman Melville

A sea voyage turned metaphysical quest, obsessed with whales, fate, language, and Captain Ahab’s will.

Melville’s South Seas narrative of escape, captivity, cultural encounter, desire, fear, and colonial imagination.

A compressed sea tale of innocence, authority, mutiny fears, naval law, and tragic moral judgment.

Melville’s South Seas novel follows desertion, island captivity, and comic encounters with colonial power in Tahiti.

A haunting Wall Street tale of refusal, office routine, alienation, and moral bewilderment.