{"product_id":"melville-jean-giono-9781681371375","title":"Melville: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eOriginally published to promote his French translation of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, Jean Giono's \u003ci\u003eMelville: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing literary compound of fiction, biography, personal essay, and criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fall of 1849, Herman Melville traveled to London to deliver his novel \u003ci\u003eWhite-Jacket\u003c\/i\u003e to his publisher. On his return to America, Melville would write \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMelville: A Novel \u003c\/i\u003eimagines 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 angel's challenge--to express man's fate by writing the novel that would become his masterpiece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eighty years after it appeared in English, \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e was translated into French for the first time by the Proven 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 essay, \u003ci\u003eMelville: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e--part biography, part philosophical rumination, part romance, part unfettered fantasy. Paul Eprile's expressive translation of this intimate homage brings the exchange full circle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Eprile was a co-winner of the French-American Foundation's 2018 Translation Prize for his translation of \u003ci\u003eMelville\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jean Giono\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1681371375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681371375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/06\/2017","brand":"Jean Giono","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43991786750207,"sku":"9781681371375","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_8c6daeef-18b6-4588-bb73-8cbbd772b4eb.jpg?v=1683312230","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/melville-jean-giono-9781681371375","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}