Omoo: Adventures in the South Seas
Format: paperback
ISBN:
9781490933009 (149093300X)
Publish date: July 7th 2013
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages no: 244
Edition language: English
Written in typically sumptuous Melvillean prose, this book, while admittedly more plotless than Typee: A Peep at Polynesian Life, was no less enjoyable to read; indeed, it was moreso at times, I felt. I imagine it was quite a daring book at the time, given that Melville does not spare the Christian ...