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Forgoing the narratives of the sea that prevailed in his earlier works, Melville's later fiction contains some of the finest and many of his keenest and bleakest observations of life, not on the high seas, but at home in America. With the publication of this Library of America volume, the third of three volumes, all Melville's fiction has now been restored to print for the first time. Pierre; or, The Ambiguities , published in 1852 (the year after Moby-Dick ), moves between the idyllic Berkshire countryside and the nightmare landscape of early New York City. Its hero, a young American patrician trying to redeem the secret sins of his father, elopes to the city, discovers Bohemian life, attempts a literary epic, and struggles his way through incest, murder, and madness. Long a controversial work, it is Melville's darkest satire of American life and letters and one of his most powerful books. A pivotal work, both for Melville's career and for American literature, Pierre was followed by Israel Potter , the story of a veteran of the Revolution, victim of a thousand mischances, and a long-suffering exile in England. Along the way are memorable episodes of war and intrigue, with pe

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Author

Jo Nesbø [Nesbø, Jo]

Publisher

Literary Classics of the United States : Distributed to the trade in the U.S. and Canada by Viking Press

Published

2015

Language

EN

ISBN

9780940450240

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Adventure

Rating

4.19 / 5 (286 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14