McBinary@kbin.social to Books@kbin.social · edit-21 year agoWhat are you reading this week? [6/18/23]message-squaremessage-square86fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up128arrow-down1message-squareWhat are you reading this week? [6/18/23]McBinary@kbin.social to Books@kbin.social · edit-21 year agomessage-square86fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareZaphodquixotelinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year agoYou gotta treat Melville as an experience rather than looking at his works as discrete stories. He was a master at conveying experiential prose. Those tangents are where he really shines. The whaling parts are the fluff.
You gotta treat Melville as an experience rather than looking at his works as discrete stories. He was a master at conveying experiential prose.
Those tangents are where he really shines. The whaling parts are the fluff.