Typee, Omoo, Mardi by Herman Melville
A semi-autobiographical sequence of South Pacific voyages and island encounters in which a young seafarer deserts ship, experiences a lush and enigmatic indigenous community that challenges his assumptions, continues through further Polynesian stays and shipboard life, and culminates in a more ambitious, allegorical odyssey that probes colonialism, cultural clash, political idealism, and the narrator’s search for meaning and belonging.
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- Published
- 1846
- Nationality
- American
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- Original Language
- English
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