BILLY BUDD, MARINERO

BILLY BUDD, MARINERO

HERMAN MELVILLE

$615.00
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Agotado
Editorial:
ALBA
Materia
NOVELAS
ISBN:
978-84-9065-113-1
Idioma:
Castellano

1797. La amenaza revolucionaria y las tropas del Directorio francés tienen consternada a Europa. En el Mediterráneo, el buque mercante Derechos del Hombre -nombre simbólico donde los haya- es abordado por el navío de guerra Bellipotent de la Armada Británica, con la intención de reclutar hombres a la fuerza. El único elegido es un joven expósito, el gaviero Billy Budd, de quien emana, dice el capitán del mercante, una virtud que dulcificaba a los más amargados. En el nuevo barco, de hecho, no tarda en ganarse la benevolencia de marineros y oficiales, pero también atrae la atención del hosco maestro de armas Claggart, que no deja desde el principio de observarlo con una antipatía profunda y espontánea. Billy, en su inocencia, y a pesar de las advertencias de sus compañeros, no puede creer que Claggart le guarde animadversión... hasta que una acusación falsa precipita la violencia y el caos.

El manuscrito de Billy Budd, marinero, compuesto alrededor de 1885, no fue descubierto hasta 1919 y publicado hasta 1924. Contribuyó a la revalorización de Herman Melville, hasta entonces bastante olvidado. De esta nouvelle magistral que gira en torno al «misterio de la iniquidad», la guerra, la ley y la justicia se han hecho adaptaciones teatrales, una ópera de Benjamin Britten con libreto de E. M. Forster y Eric Crozier y una memor elícula dirigida por Peter Ustinov.

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