Paperback, 720 pages

Italiano language

Published Oct. 31, 2013 by Feltrinelli.

ISBN:
978-88-07-90076-1
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«La "materia" di cui tratta "Moby Dick" non è che un'abnorme espansione di un banale antefatto. Un incidente di caccia. Un episodio, dunque, assai frequente all'epoca della narrazione in un mestiere così rischioso come quello della caccia alle balene. L'incidente consiste in questo: un capitano baleniero, Achab di Nantucket, è mutilato d'una gamba nello scontro con un capodoglio, Moby Dick, noto soprattutto per la caratteristica della bianchezza. Tutto qui. Il fatto non è che una piuttosto prevedibile conseguenza dell'antefatto. Achab (ormai anziano) insegue il cetaceo per farsi vendetta (ne è ossessionato fino alla follia) della mutilazione uccidendolo. Tutto qui. L'argomento ci viene esposto da un narratore onnisciente e da un certo Ismaele – un giovane all'epoca dei fatti imbarcato sul "Pequod", il bastimento in navigazione sulle rotte di Moby Dick – che diverrà testimone oculare. Tutto qui. Bisogna leggere questo racconto per questo, senza curarsi affatto delle implicazioni (e le …

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Review of 'Moby Dick' on 'GoodReads'

Great adventure

A nice break from the Seeker adventures yet still one in a way. This book also introduced us more into how this universe works. What the Voids really are, how travel works, the trinkets, and the systems in place.

There were a few errors, like how one gate was opened by this character but a few paragraphs later the gate was supposedly opened and closed by the other character. There was also a rule about using trinkets, a restriction on what you can use but was multiple times ignored in the rest of the novel. Or, I could have misunderstood this trinket rule/restriction.

Regardless of those, full 5 stars for book 3! Now, let's begin the real adventure in book 4!

Oh, didn't I mention how the characters grew? Well done on building them up and keeping them realistic, characters we can relate to.

Review of 'Moby Dick' on 'Goodreads'

Great adventure

A nice break from the Seeker adventures yet still one in a way. This book also introduced us more into how this universe works. What the Voids really are, how travel works, the trinkets, and the systems in place.

There were a few errors, like how one gate was opened by this character but a few paragraphs later the gate was supposedly opened and closed by the other character. There was also a rule about using trinkets, a restriction on what you can use but was multiple times ignored in the rest of the novel. Or, I could have misunderstood this trinket rule/restriction.

Regardless of those, full 5 stars for book 3! Now, let's begin the real adventure in book 4!

Oh, didn't I mention how the characters grew? Well done on building them up and keeping them realistic, characters we can relate to.

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