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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 3.5 stars. Who knew Poe could write about life at sea with the same kind of detail and description as Melville. I could feel the terror of the storm at sea and the desperation of being adrift. The story became a bit laborious at times, but for the most part it was exciting and Poe didn't miss a good opportunity to include his favorite theme of the horror of being buried alive. Poe's only novel. It depicts an accidental trip to the arctic and various high-seas adventures. Poe describes physical sickness and danger and injury well, but his characters seem to have no real emotional reaction to their situation. Then when things get weird as the ship discovers new lands, the creatures and things found are really kind of lame, like something a 12year old would of come up with. Finally the story ends in what i'm sure was meant to be really dramatic way but just comes across as annoyingly mysterious and leaves a sour taste. Overall its still ok, i've read worse... take that ringing endorsement however you like :) . I liked this book. It's a classic tale of adventures, there are offshoots at certain points where the writer goes off in a tangent, but I love all that additional informaron. It's a product of it's time, and i absolutely love it. It can be full of racism at times but you shouldn't judge things by modern standards, it used to be common place back then, not saying it was right. I absolutely love Poe's style of writing, those long sentences hypnotise me. All in all, if you're a Poe fanboy like me, you're gonna love it, if not, then give it a try if you're looking for an adventure novel with some facts thrown in, some 19th century facts. It's time travel for me. «La Narración de Arthur Gordon Pym de Nantucket comprende los detalles de un motín y las atroces carnicerías a bordo del bergantín Grampus, en su viaje a los Mares del Sur, en el mes de junio de 1827; con un relato de la reconquista del buque por los sobrevivientes; su naufragio y los horribles sufrimientos por el hambre; su rescate por la goleta británica Jane Guy; el breve crucero de esta última por el océano Antártico, su captura y la matanza de la tripulación en un archipiélago del paralelo 84 de latitud sur» Noticia que acompañaba a la edición original de 1838. Luis Scafati ilumina con profundo talento los deleitables terrores de esta novela, donde se cifran todas las obsesiones del genial Edgar Allan Poe no reviews | add a review
Belongs to Publisher SeriesA tot vent (704) Is contained inThe Mystery of Arthur Gordon Pym: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket & The Sphinx of the Ice-Fields by Edgar Allan Poe Has the (non-series) sequelIs abridged inInspiredHas as a student's study guide
Edgar Allan Poe's only complete novel, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket is one of the first adventure stories set in and around the Antarctic, which at the time was a place of mystery and the unknown. Pym takes us on an adventure across the seas to uncharted southern lands that are fraught with danger. With shipwrecks, murder, mutiny, and, yes, cannibalism, this tale has it all. First published in 1838, midway between Defoe's Robinson Crusoe and Stevenson's Treasure Island, Poe's Pym echoes one and presages the other while delving even deeper into the darkness of men's souls. This new edition, with a new foreword by New York Times bestselling author and Bram Stoker Award winner Jonathan Maberry, brings the classic tale back to life. Not for the faint of heart, Poe's novel, which inspired H.G. Wells, Jules Verne, H.P. Lovecraft, and many others, reflects the wonder and dangers of exploring the unknown. No library descriptions found. |
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This book is tedious, pointless and dull as dishwater a good 80% of its length. Useless details about ship stowage, map coordinates, the market for sea cucumbers and so on may set a certain feeling of reality for a population used to sea faring memoirs, but exciting reading they do not make.
There is some Poe sensibility here, especially near the end, but not enough to answer for the utterly pointless digressions that plague the majority of Pope's only novel.
He should have stuck to sort stories
I added a star for cannibalism but this is a two star book. ( )