The Confidence-Man: His Masquerade - Couverture souple

Melville, Herman

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1512317667 ISBN 13 : 9781512317664

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2015

Synopsis

At sunrise on a first of April, there appeared, suddenly as Manco Capac at the lake Titicaca, a man in cream-colors, at the water-side in the city of St. Louis. His cheek was fair, his chin downy, his hair flaxen, his hat a white fur one, with a long fleecy nap. He had neither trunk, valise, carpet-bag, nor parcel. No porter followed him. He was unaccompanied by friends. From the shrugged shoulders, titters, whispers, wonderings of the crowd, it was plain that he was, in the extremest sense of the word, a stranger.

A propos du livre

About the Author :

Herman Melville (1819 - 1891)

Herman Melville (August 1, 1819 – September 28, 1891) was an American novelist, short story writer, essayist, and poet. He is best known for his novel Moby-Dick. His first three books gained much contemporary attention (the first, Typee, became a bestseller), but after a fast-blooming literary success in the late 1840s, his popularity declined precipitously in the mid-1850s and never recovered during his lifetime.

Review :

"I love the book, more than Moby-Dick, more than any native novel I can think of. Melville is the muse of my America, and The Confidence-Man is my vade mecum. I ve read it over and over, and sometimes tried to imitate it. And yet. . . . Is there a more lighthearted and amusing tale that s meaner and more misanthropic?" --Jim Lewis, Conjunctions

"Melville took an awful licking. He was bound to. He was an original, aboriginal." --Charles Olson

"The oddities of thought, felicities of expression, the wit, humor, and rollicking inspirations are as abundant and original as in any of the productions of this most remarkable writer." --New York Times

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1512317667
• ISBN 13: 9781512317664
• Reliure: Paperback
• Nombre de pages: 152