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Ahab's Wife

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Epic maritime tale through a resilient woman's eyes.

If you're drawn to narratives that richly weave a secondary character's journey into a tale as compelling as the original, then "Ahab's Wife" is poised to captivate you. Sena Jeter Naslund's work expands the world of "Moby-Dick" with lyrical prose and profound emotional depth, exploring themes of love, loss, and independence that resonate well beyond the sea's horizon. Opening a dialogue with a classic while standing firmly on its own, this book is a treasure for fans of historical fiction and strong female protagonists.

  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2001)
  • Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee for Adult (2000)
  • Alabama Author Award for Fiction (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Ahab's Wife

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ISBN: 9780688177850
Publisher: HarpPeren
Date of Publication: 2000-10-03
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Classics, Feminism, Literature
Goodreads rating: 4.03
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From the opening line--"Captain Ahab was neither my first husband nor my last"--you will know that you are in the hands of a masterful storyteller and in the company of a fascinating woman hero. Inspired by a brief passage in Melville's Moby-Dick, where Captain Ahab speaks passionately of his young wife on Nantucket, Una Spenser's moving tale "is very much Naslund's own and can be enjoyed independently of its source." (Newsday) The daughter of a tyrannical father, Una leaves the violent Kentucky frontier for the peace of a New England lighthouse island, where she simultaneously falls in love with two young men. Disguised as a boy, she earns a berth on a whaling ship where she encounters the power of nature, death, and madness, and gets her first glimpse of Captain Ahab. As Naslund portrays Una's love for the tragically driven Ahab, she magnificently renders a real, living marriage and offers a new perspective on the American experience. Immediately immersed in this world, the reader experiences a brilliantly written, vibrant, uplifting novel--a bright book of life.
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Epic maritime tale through a resilient woman's eyes.

If you're drawn to narratives that richly weave a secondary character's journey into a tale as compelling as the original, then "Ahab's Wife" is poised to captivate you. Sena Jeter Naslund's work expands the world of "Moby-Dick" with lyrical prose and profound emotional depth, exploring themes of love, loss, and independence that resonate well beyond the sea's horizon. Opening a dialogue with a classic while standing firmly on its own, this book is a treasure for fans of historical fiction and strong female protagonists.

  • Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (2001)
  • Book Sense Book of the Year Award Nominee for Adult (2000)
  • Alabama Author Award for Fiction (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.