04109cam a2200913 4500 761261430 TxAuBib 20230213120000.0 ||||||s2017||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9781681371382 1681371383 B01N7XBNH1 Amazon a4b01549-36d6-4fda-9e9a-69d5926b3cc7 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 3206879 OverDrive (Product ID) 556293 556293 556293 TxAuBib Giono, Jean. Melville [Libby] : A Novel. New York Review Books, 2017. Literary Biography. Biography. literary fiction. translation. Revolution. Historical. romance. Literary Criticism. Movies. contemporary fiction. Writing. Fiction. philosophy. European History. novels. classic. Film. love. Cinema. ww2. love story. Collection. 20th Century. French Literature. mystery. russian. England. art. french. espionage. Historical Romance. arts. World War 2. roman. writer. twentieth century. Writers. literature. American Literature. fiction books. Literary. Biographical . realistic fiction books. books fiction. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2735kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read, Filesize: 2735kB. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<b>Originally published to promote his French translation of&#160;<i>Moby-Dick</i>, Jean Giono's&#160;<i>Melville: A Novel</i>&#160;is an astonishing literary compound of fiction, biography, personal essay, and criticism.</b><br /> <br /> In the fall of 1849, Herman Melville traveled to London to deliver his novel <i>White-Jacket</i> to his publisher. On his return to America, Melville would write <i>Moby-Dick</i>. <i>Melville: A Novel</i> imagines 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.<br /> <br /> Eighty years after it appeared in English, <i>Moby-Dick</i> was translated into French for the first time by the Provençal 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,&#160;<i>Melville: A Novel</i>—part biography, part philosophical rumination, part romance, part unfettered fantasy. Paul Eprile’s expressive translation of this intimate homage brings the exchange full circle.<br /> <br /> Paul Eprile was a co-winner of the French-American Foundation's 2018 Translation Prize for his translation of&#160;<i>Melville</i>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2023-04-13 10:07:10. Eprile, Paul. White, Edmund, 1940- https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a4b01549-36d6-4fda-9e9a-69d5926b3cc7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a4b01549-36d6-4fda-9e9a-69d5926b3cc7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=a4b01549-36d6-4fda-9e9a-69d5926b3cc7&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read) RV8