I read this years ago when I had neither the experience of life or literature to have a clue what I was reading. This time round, I read it very much as an allegory about power and knowledge with the essential question being *why* does Ishmael alone survive of the Pequod's crew. And I think it comes...
I have often said that if trapped on a desert island, I’d want Thor Heyerdahl’s Kon-Tiki as the one book with me (rim shot). Being serious, I’ve later decided that since Catch-22 suits my mood any time I pick it up, that would be my real choice. Yet every time I read Herman Melville’s towering Moby ...
Long, rambling, and something of a sea monster of a book. Called by one early critic "a chowder of a book," I would have to agree. At times it is brilliant, laugh out loud funny, thought-provoking, philosophical, and I can certainly appreciate all the historical detail. It's just not a subject I hav...
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