Moby Dick oder Der weiße Wal

Herman Melville

Ishmael tells how he and his friend Queequeg join the whaler Pequod, only to learn that Captain Ahab intends to turn its commercial voyage into a personal hunt for Moby Dick, the white sperm whale that cost him a leg. Among a crew drawn from across the world, Melville combines sea adventure and whaling lore with reflections on friendship, obsession, fate, nature, and the limits of human knowledge.