by Herman Melville · Alianza, Colección Clásicos, 1975, Madrid. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788420615974
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This book brings together two short novels by Herman Melville, 'Benito Cereno' and 'Billy Budd, sailor', both set at sea. 'Benito Cereno', published in 1854, is based on real events and tells a story of mystery and deception aboard a ship. 'Billy Budd, sailor', written in 1889 and published posthumously, tells the story of a naive young sailor in an oppressive environment. Both works explore themes of the human condition and life at sea.
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.
