Fernando Fullam Fullam itibaren Rahmanlu, East Azerbaijan, Iran
The initial blush of pleasure I underwent upon reading the first three dozen or so pages of this book was bled grey after listening to the mush-minded funk of the hundred or so pages after that -- brought lower even after the silly, mild-mannerisms of the remaining pages. This is not, as I first thought, "a classic that had slipped through the cracks." It is the flawed work of a (mostly) mediocre mind, well-deserving of all its near anonymity.
Don't be intimidated by the size of this book. You just have to get past the first 100 pages and then you won't be able to put down. Historic and somewhat racey.
This is one of those novels that I am happy to report I was completely wrong about. I had never had any desire to read a massive book about whaling but there is so much more to Moby Dick than just Captain Ahab and the white whale. There are metaphors for life, for writing, for the role of literature. It's really a brilliant book and I understand and fully support the hype.
the key to all of Bernhard is on the last page.