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by Herman Melville · Editorial Alma · tapa dura · ISBN 9788418395178
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Sumérgete en la inquietante y conmovedora historia de 'Bartleby, el escribiente', un relato clásico de Herman Melville que explora la naturaleza de la libertad y la resistencia. En un despacho de abogados en Nueva York, Bartleby, un peculiar copista judicial, decide un día negarse a seguir copiando, pronunciando la famosa frase 'preferiría no hacerlo'. Este acto de desafío desconcierta a su jefe y a sus compañeros, convirtiéndose en un enigma literario que ha influido en numerosos autores. La determinación y la delicadeza con la que Bartleby se atreve a decir 'no' lo consagran como un símbolo de la elección individual y la búsqueda de la libertad.

Herman Melville was an American writer of the American Renaissance period. Among his best-known works are Moby-Dick (1851), Typee (1846), a romanticized account of his experiences in Polynesia, and Billy Budd, Sailor, a posthumously published novella. At the time of his death, Melville was not well known to the public, but 1919, the centennial of his birth, was the starting point of a Melville revival. Moby-Dick would eventually be considered one of the Great American Novels.