The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville by Parini, Jay

The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307386199)

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The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville by Parini, Jay

The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville

$16.95
The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville by Parini, Jay

The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville

$16.95
Format: Paperback
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With the same masterly touch that made The Last Station so powerful, Jay Parini penetrates the mind and soul of another literary titan.

Through the eyes of his long-suffering wife, Lizzie, we are introduced to an aging, angry, and drunken Herman Melville. He is decades past his flourishing career as a writer of bestselling tales of seagoing adventures. His epic but ungainly Moby-Dick was meant to make him immortal, but critics scoffed and readers fled. He spends his days trudging the docks of New York as a customs inspector and contemplating his malign literary fate. But within him is stirring, perhaps, one great work yet. . . . In a narrative that shifts seamlessly between Lizzie's personal account and evocative snapshots of Melville's crowded life, Parini manages to humanize a giant of letters, while illuminating the source of his matchless creativity.

Author: Jay Parini
ISBN-10: 0307386198
ISBN-13: 9780307386199
Publisher: Anchor Books
Language: English
Published: 11/01/2011
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.78lbs
Size: 7.98h x 5.17w x 1.15d

Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 12/11/2011 pg. 44
By Jay Parini
By Jay Parini
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Jay Parini is a poet, biographer, and critic who has published seven novels, most notably The Last Station, which was made into an Academy Award-nominated film in 2009 and translated into over twenty-five languages. He is the D. E. Axinn Professor of English and Creative Writing at Middlebury College, and the author of Promised Land: Thirteen Books that Changed America.

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