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Moby-Dick or, The Whale

Herman Melville

Start date: October 1, 2022

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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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Jun 01, 2017 Grace rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: mccrum-s-100-greatest, 2017-reads

#17 in my reading of the McCrum list. The entire book could have been awful (it wasn't!) but the final chapters would have still made it 5 star. What a book! Read (mostly the Cliff's Notes) in college/again about 10 years ago and now for the list read.
An explanation of my star rating.
5= Truly cream of the crop. Amazing. In a wondrous realm of its own
4= Special and well written. More than good...maybe even a great book, but not a rare 5 star wonder.
3= Moments of brilliance, a pleasure to read. ...more

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