by Sena Jetter Naslund · The Women's Press Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780704346833
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«Ahab's Wife: Or the Star Gazer» is the historical novel by Sena Jeter Naslund, published by The Women's Press Ltd in paperback (688 pages, in English).
The novel follows Una Spenser from her childhood in a lighthouse to her flight to sea disguised as a cabin boy; among shipwrecks, murders and romances, her life ends up intertwining with that of Captain Ahab, who is seen before his well-known obsession with the white whale.
The 2001 edition is the 'New Ed'; the novel was nominated for the Orange Prize and won the Alabama Author Award in 2001.
Suitable for book clubs and for readers of historical and literary fiction who enjoy reinterpretations of classics.
Sena Jeter Naslund is an American writer. She has published seven novels and two collections of short fiction. Her 1999 novel, Ahab's Wife, and her 2003 novel, Four Spirits, were each named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. She is the Writer in Residence at University of Louisville and was the program director for the MFA in Writing at Spalding University in the same city. In 2005, Governor Ernie Fletcher named Naslund Poet Laureate of Kentucky.
