{"product_id":"melville-a-novel-9781681371375","title":"Melville: A Novel","description":"\u003cb\u003eOriginally published to promote his French translation of \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e, Jean Giono's \u003ci\u003eMelville: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e is an astonishing literary compound of fiction, biography, personal essay, and criticism.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn the fall of 1849, Herman Melville traveled to London to deliver his novel \u003ci\u003eWhite-Jacket\u003c\/i\u003e to his publisher. On his return to America, Melville would write \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eMelville: A Novel \u003c\/i\u003eimagines what happened in between: the adventurous writer fleeing London for the country, wrestling with an angel, falling in love with an Irish nationalist, and, finally, meeting the angel's challenge--to express man's fate by writing the novel that would become his masterpiece. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eighty years after it appeared in English, \u003ci\u003eMoby-Dick\u003c\/i\u003e was translated into French for the first time by the Proven al novelist Jean Giono and his friend Lucien Jacques. The publisher persuaded Giono to write a preface, granting him unusual latitude. The result was this literary essay, \u003ci\u003eMelville: A Novel\u003c\/i\u003e--part biography, part philosophical rumination, part romance, part unfettered fantasy. Paul Eprile's expressive translation of this intimate homage brings the exchange full circle. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003ePaul Eprile was a co-winner of the French-American Foundation's 2018 Translation Prize for his translation of \u003ci\u003eMelville\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/12\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781681371375\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 128\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.30lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.10w x 0.40d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/17\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eShelf Awareness\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/06\/2017\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jean Giono","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43059881181365,"sku":"9781681371375","price":13.56,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_b671034c-8085-48bc-9d8d-766827c3c543.jpg?v=1690300098","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/melville-a-novel-9781681371375","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}