/lit/ - Literature

Can this compete? I just picked up a copy

>>15064423
Yes same. Absolutely nothing I've ever read from another author can compare with Melville's prose. The passion put into every single section blows me away each time I read it. There's this incredible flow when I'm reading Moby Dick that nothing else can compare to. The only other author to make me feel slightly similar is Proust, and even that's not the same.

I will say though, anyone who loves Moby Dick because of Melville's prose is doing themselves a disservice if they haven't also read The Confidence Man. I don't like it as much as Moby Dick personally, because it does feel a bit more detached and satirical, whereas Moby Dick felt more genuine and passionate, but the prose in here is just unreal. Completely over the top and way more inaccessible in many ways than Moby Dick, but if you loved that, you'll love this as well.

Moby Dick or Invisible Cities
Also The Confidence Man is nearly as good as Moby Dick and more people should read it

>>11517715
The Confidence Man has some absolutely hilarious conversations. It's probably the funniest book I've read overall. Melville in general is really funny in general actually, feel like he doesn't get enough credit for that.

Moby Dick is one of my favourite books, is this also worth reading? I know I can just read it and find out, but I don't use an eReader or anything, so I want to get some impressions before I spend the money on a physical copy