—Oregonian
“The year’s single most absorbing reading adventure.”
—Raleigh News & Observer
“[Ahab’s Wife] is a beautifully written and very moving tale that is difficult to put down. Like Melville’s book, Ahab’s Wife demonstrates an intimate knowledge of both the sea and the human heart.”
—Baltimore Sun
“Following in the footsteps of a literary giant is an ambitious undertaking, but it’s one that Naslund pulls off here with aplomb. Told in lyrical prose and laced with astute observations about human nature, Una’s story is engrossing, and she is a remarkably compelling and admirable figure.”
—Denver Post
“Atmospheric and ardent, with plenty of period detail and literary beauty, Ahab’s Wife is a sweeping success.”
—Porstmouth Herald (N.H.)
About the Author
Sena Jeter Naslund is a native of Birmingham and winner of the Harper Lee Award. She is Distinguished Teaching Professor at the University of Louisville; program director of the Spalding University brief-residency MFA in writing; and 2003 Vacca Professor at the University of Montevallo, Alabama. Her published works are Four Spirits; Ahab’s Wife or, The Star-Gazer; The Disobedience of Water; Sherlock in Love; The Animal Way to Love; and Ice Skating at the North Pole.
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By Sena Jeter Naslund
Four Spirits*
Ahab's Wife or, The Star-Gazer*
The Disobedience of Water
Sherlock in Love
The Animal Way to Love
Ice Skating at the North Pole
*Available from HarperCollins e-books
Credits
Cover design by Richard Aquan
Cover photograph: Reflection upon a Wreck at ’Sconset, Nantucket, Mass., by Baldwin Coolidge; courtesy Peabody Essex Museum
Copyright
A hardcover edition of this book was published in 1999 by William Morrow and Company, Inc.
AHAB’S WIFE. COPYRIGHT © 1999 BY SENA JETER NASLUND.
Illustrations. Copyright © 1999 by Christopher Wormell.
All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. By payment of the required fees, you have been granted the non-exclusive, non-transferable right to access and read the text of this e-book on-screen. No part of this text may be reproduced, transmitted, down-loaded, decompiled, reverse engineered, or stored in or introduced into any information storage and retrieval system, in any form or by any means, whether electronic or mechanical, now known or hereinafter invented, without the express written permission of HarperCollins e-books.
“E-Book Extras.” Copyright © 1999, 2003 by Sena Jeter Naslund.
EPub © Edition JUNE 2003 ISBN: 9780061983696
First Perennial edition published 2000.
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