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The National Book Award-winning author of In the Heart of the Sea shares expert guidelines on how to read and appreciate Herman Melville's classic work, offering insight into its history, characters and themes while explaining its literary relevance in the modern world. 100,000 first printing.
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<b>A “brilliant and provocative” (<i>The New Yorker</i>) celebration of Melville’s masterpiece—from the bestselling author of <i>In the Heart of the Sea, Valiant Ambition, </i>and <i>In the Hurricane's Eye</i></b><br><br>One of the greatest American novels finds its perfect contemporary champion in <i>Why Read</i> Moby-Dick?, Nathaniel Philbrick’s enlightening and entertaining tour through Melville’s classic. As he did in his National Book Award–winning bestseller <i>In the Heart of the Sea</i>, Philbrick brings a sailor’s eye and an adventurer’s passion to unfolding the story behind an epic American journey. He skillfully navigates Melville’s world and illuminates the book’s humor and unforgettable characters—finding the thread that binds Ishmael and Ahab to our own time and, indeed, to all times. An ideal match between author and subject, <i>Why Read </i>Moby-Dick? will start conversations, inspire arguments, and make a powerful case that this classic tale waits to be discovered anew.<br><br><b>“Gracefully written [with an] infectious enthusiasm…”—<i>New York Times Book Review</i></b>
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