Моби Дик, или Белый Кит

Ėto izdanie obʺedini͡aet glavnoe tvorenie Germana Melvilla - velichestvennyĭ roman "Mobi Dik" i luchshie ego povesti i rasskazy, pozvoli͡ai͡a uvidetʹ avtora vo vseĭ polnote ego khudozhestvennogo diapazona. Melvill, mori͡ak po sudʹbe i mifotvoret͡s po dukhu, sozdal ėpopei͡u o pogone za belym kitom, kotorai͡a davno vyshla za ramki prikli͡uchencheskoĭ istorii. "Mobi Dik" - ėto i filosofskai͡a pritcha o protivostoi͡anii cheloveka i sudʹby, i tragedii͡a oderzhimosti, i simvolicheskoe puteshestvie po glubinam chelovecheskogo soznanii͡a. Dopolni͡ai͡ushchie roman teksty - ot morskikh novell do psikhologicheskikh pritch - raskryvai͡ut vnutrenniĭ mir pisateli͡a, ego vnimanie k teme odinochestva, svobodoli͡ubii͡a, chelovecheskoĭ prirody i misticheskoĭ sily okeana. Vmeste oni sostavli͡ai͡ut panoramu tvorchestva avtora, kotoryĭ sumel prevratitʹ sobstvennyĭ morskoĭ opyt v mif o borʹbe, svobode i chelovecheskom bunte. "Mobi Dik" - odna iz vershin mirovoĭ literatury, kniga, opredelivshai͡a lit͡so amerikanskogo romana. Ona porazhaet masshtabom zamysla, glubinoĭ simvoliki i siloĭ stili͡a. A vkli͡uchënnye v izdanie povesti i rasskazy pozvoli͡ai͡ut vzgli͡anutʹ na Melvilla s raznykh storon - kak na mastera morskoĭ prozy, tonkogo psikhologa i filosofa. Otlichno podoĭdët vsem, kto li͡ubit glubokie, mnogosloĭnye proizvedenii͡a o cheloveke i ego vnutrenneĭ borʹbe; chitateli͡am, t͡seni͡ashchim prikli͡uchencheskie si͡uzhety s filosofskim podtekstom; poklonnikam Dzhozefa Konrada, Dzheka Londona i Nataniėli͡a Gotorna; vsem, kto ishchet literaturu, v kotoroĭ okean - ėto ne peĭzazh, a metafora sudʹby. German Melvill - amerikanskiĭ pisatelʹ, chʹi͡a sudʹba svi͡azana s morem ne menʹshe, chem ego knigi. Lishʹ spusti͡a desi͡atiletii͡a posle smerti on byl priznan odnim iz krupneĭshikh avtorov XIX veka. Ego glavnyĭ roman "Mobi Dik" stal mifom amerikanskoĭ kulʹtury i dokazal, chto literatura Novogo Sveta sposobna sozdavatʹ proizvedenii͡a mirovogo masshtaba. Melvill ostavil posle sebi͡a bogatoe nasledie - ot morskikh prikli͡uchencheskikh istoriĭ do filosofskikh pritch, v kotorykh opyt puteshestvennika prevrashchaetsi͡a v glubinnoe znanie o cheloveke.

This edition brings together Herman Melville's main creation, the majestic novel Moby Dick, and his best novellas and short stories, allowing you to see the author in the fullness of his artistic range. Melville, a sailor by fate and a myth-maker by spirit, created an epic about the pursuit of a white whale, which has long gone beyond the scope of an adventure story. "Moby Dick" is a philosophical parable about the confrontation between man and fate, and the tragedy of obsession, and a symbolic journey through the depths of human consciousness. The texts that complement the novel, from sea stories to psychological parables, reveal the inner world of the writer, his attention to the theme of loneliness, love of freedom, human nature and the mystical power of the ocean. Together, they form a panorama of the work of the author, who managed to turn his own maritime experience into a myth about struggle, freedom and human rebellion. Moby Dick is one of the peaks of world literature, the book that defined the face of the American novel. It impresses with the scale of the idea, the depth of symbolism and the power of style. And the novels and short stories included in the publication allow us to look at Melville from different angles — as a master of nautical prose, a subtle psychologist and philosopher. It is perfect for anyone who loves deep, multi—layered works about a man and his inner struggle; readers who appreciate adventure stories with philosophical overtones; fans of Joseph Conrad, Jack London and Nathaniel Hawthorne; anyone who is looking for literature in which the ocean is not a landscape, but a metaphor for fate. Herman Melville is an American writer whose fate is connected with the sea no less than his books. It was only decades after his death that he was recognized as one of the greatest authors of the 19th century. His main novel "Moby Dick" became a myth of American culture and proved that the literature of the New World is capable of creating world-class works. Melville left behind a rich legacy — from sea adventure stories to philosophical parables, in which the experience of a traveler turns into deep knowledge about a person.