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Ahab's Wife: Or, The Star-Gazer
by Sena Jeter Naslund, Herman Melville, Christopher Wormell
by Sena Jeter Naslund, Herman Melville, Christopher Wormell
I'm an English major who never read Moby Dick, but I did recognize the iconic characters on the periphery of Una's (Ahab's wife) epic. And what a story it is! Written in the vernacular of Herman Melville and Ralph Waldo Emerson, I learned much about 19th century Nantucket, whaling, and typical hardships of that time. Historic characters believably showed up in this novel, but Una was always central. I made a friend in her.
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Babette wrote: "I just finished this book - Ahab's Wife - and like your succinct review. I enjoyed much of the same elements as you did.I too am an English major who never finished reading Moby Dick, but complet..."
Did we slip through the literary classics cracks with Moby Dick? I admit, I've never read a Russian classic, either--nor finished a Dickens novel. I hope I don't offend, but I also don't understand the "ga ga" over Jane Austen. Maybe I just don't want to tune my brain to 18th and 19th century vernacular. I do think I'll read another Naslund novel. Here's to the fraternity of EMs.
I too am an English major who never finished reading Moby Dick, but completed enough to pick up the references. I think it is time for me to return to Melville and finish the job.