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The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville (Paperback)
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Short Description for The Passages of H.M.From the author of the international bestseller "The Last Station" comes a stirring novel about the adventurous life and tragic literary career of Herman Melville.
Full description- Publisher: Anchor Books
- Published: 01 November 2011
- Format: Paperback 454 pages
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- Categories: Historical Fiction
- ISBN 13: 9780307386199 ISBN 10: 0307386198
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Full description for The Passages of H.M.
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.
