Moby Dick
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4.6 • 5 valoraciones
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- $45.00
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- $45.00
Descripción de editorial
«... El capitán Acab se sostenía muy tieso, mirando fijamente por encima de la proa cabeceante del buque. Había en la dirección fija e imperturbable de aquella mirada una entereza infinita, una voluntad resuelta e inflexible. No hablaba palabra, ni sus oficiales tampoco le decían nada...».
Herman Melville creó esta fábula de la ballena blanca donde Moby Dick es el personaje principal de una fascinante historia de aventuras, en la que se mezclan el bien y el mal. La lucha del capitán Ahab, su obsesión y la mítica persecución a la enorme ballena han traspasado fronteras, convirtiéndose en una obra maestra de la literatura universal.
Texto en versión íntegra, adaptado a las últimas reglas gramaticales y ortográficas, con ilustraciones a color.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Note to children: this is not Melville's Moby Dick. Drummond (The Willow Pattern Story) has transformed the tome of American Lit into a quick-reading, kid-friendly whale of a tale. His inviting approach (which emanates from his obvious love for the story) involves ruthless editing and nonthreatening visuals. He uses pen and pale washes of color (punctuated by just enough red whale gore to suggest the seriousness of the sport) in a cartoonish style and conversation bubbles with handwritten contents to cleverly convey the episodic quality of the text. Ishmael narrates the story here, too, and chapter headings for each spread aid the story's clarity and momentum. Amazingly, the plot is complete in these 32 pages and includes many of the most fascinating details of the mechanics of whaling. Although some children may have trouble with some of the more adult themes (the fact that this is a revenge mission for Ahab, Queequeg builds himself a coffin and only Ishmael survives), whale and sea lovers will learn a great deal (especially in the concluding author's note). By cagily approaching this classic with a light, non-reverential touch, Drummond may predispose a new generation of readers toward experiencing the original work (that they might otherwise only encounter only in Cliffs Notes). Ages 5-up.