Through the eye of an outsider, a woman, she suggests that new england life was broader and richer than melville s manly world of men, ships and whales. Ahabs wife, or, the stargazer book by sena jeter naslund. Ahabs wife by sena jeter naslund overdrive rakuten. University of louisville english faculty harpercollins author page. A winner of the harper lee award and the southeastern library association fiction award, she is the author of eight previous works of fiction, including ahab s wife, a finalist for the orange prize. Sena jeter naslund has created an entirely new universe with a transcendent heroine at its center who will be every bit as memorable as captain ahab. From ahabs wife to the french revolution artists of utahs 15 bytes the utah museum of fine arts and the umfa book club, in partnership with the utah humanities council, will host new york times bestselling author sena jeter naslund at 7 pm on thursday, september 26, as part of the utah humanities book festival. In ahab s wife, author sena jeter naslund takes a barelymentioned, never seen character and gives us her whole life. Nov 03, 2000 ahab s wife brings sena jeter naslund epic success. How does it enhance, deepen, and expand ahabs wife. Sena jeter naslund took a brief reference in moby dick which you dont need to read first to the wife of captain ahab, and created an entire historical fictional life for that character. In ahabs wife, sena jeter naslund has taken less than a.
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Inspired by a brief passage in moby dick, sena jeter naslund has created an entirely new universe an epicscale, enthralling, and compelling saga, spanning a full, rich, eventful, and dramatic life. Throughout ahabs wife, una makes reference to the works of great writers such as william shakespeare, john keats, and homer. Oct 01, 2000 sena jeter naslund has created an entirely new universe with a transcendent heroine at its center who will be every bit as memorable as captain ahab. Ahabs wife, or, the stargazer by sena jeter naslund. But great as her debt to melville may be, ahabs wife stands alone, intact and vital. Inspired by a masterpiece, it is a masterwork in its own right. It is the romantic adventure of a young woman setting sail in a cabin boy. In ahabs wife, author sena jeter naslund takes a barelymentioned, never seen character and gives us her whole life.
She is the writer in residence at university of louisville and the program director for the mfa in writing at spalding university. Sherlock in love by sena jeter naslund booksamillion. In ahab s wife, author sena jeter naslund takes that barelymentioned, never seen character and gives us her whole life. Her 1999 novel, ahabs wife, and her 2003 novel, four spirits, were each. The protagonist, and primary narrator, is una spenser whose bookish mother named her after the heroine of the faerie queene, whom we first meet in. How does una reconcile the inevitable animal within p. Ahab s wife, sena naslund s epic work of historical fiction, honours that aphorism, using herman melville s mobydick as looking glass into early 19thcentury america. New york times bestselling author sena jeter naslunds novel, the fountain of st. Buy a cheap copy of ahabs wife, or, the stargazer book by sena jeter naslund. She disguises herself as a boy and runs away to sea to work as a cabin boy and has many adventures. Sena jeter naslund is the new york times bestselling author of five novels, including ahab s wife 1999 and abundance. In sena jeter naslunds new novel, ahabs wife, the invented female narrator, una spenser, begins dashingly. Ahabs wife has yet to hit the shelves, but knowing she accomplished all she set out to do in it, naslund d snt need sales figures to measure the book s success.
Download ahabs wife audiobook by sena jeter naslund. Sena jeter naslund is an american writer, born in birmingham, alabama. Nothing in naslunds previous fiction the disobedience of water, p. Ahab s wife is a novel on a grand scale that can legitimately be called a masterpiece.
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Inspired by a brief passage, in moby, dick, sena jeter naslund has created an entirely new universe an epicscale, enthralling and compelling. I strongly feel this is better appreciated if one has already read mobydick, as there are other characters, not just captain ahab, here. Ahab s wife joins a distinguished tradition of literary works inspired by mobydick. The first edition of the novel was published in september 22nd 1999, and was written by sena jeter naslund. Sena jeter naslund books list of books by author sena.
Sena jeter naslund born june 28, 1942 is an american writer. Sena jeter naslund is the new york times bestselling author of five novels, including ahabs wife 1999 and abundance. The main characters of this historical, historical fiction story are captain ahab. Ahab s wife is a novel that uses a brief mention of mobydick s captain ahab s wife back at home in nantucket, and from this builds a slow burn of a back story around her.
Author says ahabs wife is an epic story of an american woman. It is the romantic adventure of a young woman setti. Sena jeter naslund books list of books by author sena jeter. Her 1999 novel, ahab s wife, and her 2003 novel, four spirits, were each named a new york times notable book of the year. Sena jeter naslund author of ahabs wife, or the stargazer.
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Ahabs wife, or the stargazer by sena jeter naslund goodreads. Ahabs wife by sena jeter maslund is the story of a woman named una whose life was dominated by the sea from an early age. In this extraordinary novel, sena jeter naslund, author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller ahabs wife, brilliantly reweaves the colorfully cryptic, fogenshrouded world of sherlock in love is at once a rewarding entertainment and a remarkable homage to the greatest sleuth in literature. Sena jeter naslunds most popular book is ahabs wife, or the stargazer. Books by sena jeter naslund author of ahabs wife, or the star. She has published seven novels and two collections of short fiction. Atlanta cnn sena jeter naslund was in 10th grade when her english teacher gave the class an assignment to rewrite a scene from. A winner of the harper lee award and the southeastern library association fiction award, she is the author of eight previous works of fiction, including ahabs wife, a finalist for the orange prize. What is the effect of drawing on all these other books.
Sena jeter naslund has thoroughly imbibed the spirit of herman melville, and that spirit permeates every scene of her novel. A magnificent, vast, and enthralling saga, sena jeter naslunds ahabs wife is a remarkable epic. Una spenser is a little too modern for the era, in my opinion, but that gave the author the opportunity to bring up all the causes and concerns of the day for example, religion quakers, unitarians. See all books authored by sena jeter naslund, including ahabs wife, or, the stargazer, and abundance. In high school she played cello with the alabama pops orchestra. Inspired by a brief passage in moby dick, sena jeter naslund has created an entirely new universe an epicscale, enthralling, and compelling saga, spanning a. In this extraordinary novel, sena jeter naslund, author of the critically acclaimed national bestseller ahab s wife, brilliantly reweaves the colorfully cryptic, fogenshrouded world of sherlock in love is at once a rewarding entertainment and a remarkable homage to the greatest sleuth in literature. Ahabs wife is a novel on a grand scale that can legitimately be called a masterpiece. It has been said that one can see farther only by standing on the shoulders of giants. Through the eye of an outsider, a woman, she suggests that new england life was broader and richer than melvilles manly world of men, ships and whales. The book was published in multiple languages including english, consists of 704 pages and is available in paperback format.
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