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Melville, Herman
2 Reviews
(4)
4-6
Adapted by Jan Needle.
Illustrated by
Patrick Benson.
This large-format abridged edition of Melville's classic sea story is heavily decorated with pencil, ink, and watercolor illustrations. Purists will be horrified, but this is a handsome edition for an intermediate audience. A schematic diagram of a whaling ship is appended. Glos.
Reviewer: Kitty Flynn
(4)
1-3
Eisner's comic-book adaptation of Melville's novel about one man's obsession with a white whale remains true to the spirit, if not the letter, of his classic work. Purists will blanch at this graphic distillation of a revered work of American literature, but the cartoon panels capture Ahab's quest for vengeance and his descent into madness in a manner that may appeal to reluctant readers, especially boys.
Reviewer: Carolyn Shute
2 reviews
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