Melville's continuing adventures in the South Seas—now for the first time in Penguin ClassicsFollowing the commercial and critical success of Typee, Herman Melville continued his series of South Sea adventure-romances with Omoo. Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melville's personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific. From recruiting among the natives for sailors to handling deserters and even mutiny, Melville gives a first-person account of life as a sailor during the nineteenth century filled with colorful characters and vivid descriptions of the far-flung locales of Polynesia.
- Yayınevi
- IndyPublish
- Yayın tarihi
- 9 Ağustos 2007
- Sayfa sayısı
- 316
- Dil
- İngilizce
- ISBN
- 9781435326194 · 1435326199
- Konular
- Description and travel, Fiction, Literature, Classic Literature, Travel, Mutiny, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Polynesia, fiction
