by Philip Hoare · ATICO DE LOS LIBROS · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788493780944
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«Leviatán o la ballena» is the essay by Philip Hoare, published by Atico de los Libros in paperback (512 pages, in Spanish).
Philip Hoare explores the human relationship with whales from his childhood fascination and his encounters in the Atlantic. He visits whaling enclaves in New England and the Azores and traces the cultural footprint of the whale from Jonah to Moby Dick, with references to Melville, Hawthorne and Thoreau, in a cross between history, biology and literature.
Translation from English by Joan Eloi Roca Martínez. Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2009 for the best non-fiction book.
A work for readers interested in natural history, travel and the cultural roots of Moby Dick.
Philip Hoare is a British writer, film-maker and curator. He won the 2009 Samuel Johnson Prize, now known as the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction, for his work Leviathan, or the Whale.
