{"product_id":"the-passages-of-hm-a-novel-of-herman-melville-0307386198","title":"The Passages of H.M.: A Novel of Herman Melville","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0307386198\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Parini, Jay\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e New\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the same masterly touch that made The Last Station so powerful, Jay Parini penetrates the mind and soul of another literary titan.Through the eyes of his long-suffering wife, Lizzie, we are introduced to an aging, angry, and drunken Herman Melville. He is decades past his flourishing career as a writer of bestselling tales of seagoing adventures. His epic but ungainly Moby-Dick was meant to make him immortal, but critics scoffed and readers fled. He spends his days trudging the docks of New York as a customs inspector and contemplating his malign literary fate. But within him is stirring, perhaps, one great work yet. . . . In a narrative that shifts seamlessly between Lizzies personal account and evocative snapshots of Melvilles crowded life, Parini manages to humanize a giant of letters, while illuminating the source of his matchless creativity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mia Karts","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51735546724640,"sku":"NEW0307386198","price":19.94,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0980\/7426\/3840\/files\/71IwMGhAONL.jpg?v=1779487662","url":"https:\/\/miakarts.com\/products\/the-passages-of-hm-a-novel-of-herman-melville-0307386198","provider":"Miakarts Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}