I would prefer not to : essential stories
Melville, Herman, 1819-18912021
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A lawyer hires a new copyist, only to be met with stubborn, confounding resistance. A nameless guide discovers hidden worlds of luxury and bleak exploitation. After boarding a beleaguered Spanish slave ship, an American trader's cheerful outlook is repeatedly shadowed by paralyzing unease. In these stories of the surreal mundanity of office life and obscure tensions at sea, Melville's darkly modern sensibility plunges us into a world of irony and mystery, where nothing is as it first appears.
Main title:
I would prefer not to : essential stories / Herman Melville.
Author:
Melville, Herman, 1819-1891, author
Imprint:
London : Pushkin Press, 2021.
Collation:
256 pages ; 17 cm
ISBN:
9781782277460 (pbk)
Dewey class:
813.3F
LC class:
PS2380
Language:
English
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BRN:
2971580