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Moby-Dick or, The Whale

Herman Melville

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Jul 29, 2011 Yair Ben-Zvi rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

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Okay. This is one of the hardest books to gauge and rate I’ve read in maybe…ever. On the one hand the intensity and the passion with which Melville writes is awe inspiring. You are reading a man bare his heart, soul, and mind entire, and it shows. The word ‘epic’ doesn’t seem to do justice to the sheer magnitude of scope Melville is shooting for. People talk about this novel being in the company of Shakespeare and Milton, and after finishing it I can definitely say that most of that praise is we ...more

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Jul 03, 2012 GONZA rated it it was ok · review of another edition

Pesante, sarà anche bello, molto allegorico e pieno di riferimenti etc.etc., ma leggerlo tutto, sforzandosi di non saltare nemmeno le descrizioni dei vari tipi di balene, si è rivelato un'impresa!
La storia della discesa nell'ossessione del capitano Ahab, ossessione nella quale trascinerà poi anche tutto il suo equipaggio, è ben resa e attraverso gli occhi di Ishmael non ci perdiamo nessuno di quei sintomi che da psicologa mi sento di temere e parecchio pure; quando nelle ultime dieci pagine si ...more

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