The passages of H.M.
Subtitle: a novel of Herman Melville
By: Jay Parini
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Doubleday
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 454
ISBN-13: 9780385522779; 9780307386199
Subjects: American Novelists; Biographical fiction; Fiction
Description: A tale inspired by the life of Herman Melville finds the aging author's wife witnessing his descent into alcoholism and obscurity in the decades after the failure of "Moby Dick," a work of creative genius shaped by memories of youthful seafaring adventures.