Schiller
04-22-2003, 08:19 AM
I'm just reading Hermann Melville's Taipi and I think it's really a great novel. A very fascinating description of life in the Southern Sea with quite modern thoughts about the advantages and disadvantages of civilization.
I#m not very much into American literature and thought until now that Melville is just Moby Dick. Does anyone know if this novel is autobiographic. I mean did he really live for a while on such an island or is ist based on his experiences as a sailor?
I personally can only recommend this novel for reading. Are there more interesting works from Melville than Moby Dick and Taipi?
I#m not very much into American literature and thought until now that Melville is just Moby Dick. Does anyone know if this novel is autobiographic. I mean did he really live for a while on such an island or is ist based on his experiences as a sailor?
I personally can only recommend this novel for reading. Are there more interesting works from Melville than Moby Dick and Taipi?