The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket-Edgar Allan Poe

Original title: The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

Author Name: Edgar Allan Poe

ISBN: 0008166773

Original Language: English

I have not been able to confirm that there is a Spanish version.

Genre: Lost World, adventure novel at sea and gothic novel

Publisher: Penguin Publishing Group

Current year of publication: 1999

Year of reading: 2017

Additional Information:

Other writers have made a second part of this book my favorite by the time is that of Jules Gabriel Verne The sphinx of the ice.

Summary of the work:

A great novel has served as inspiration to other great writers.

In this exciting novel where Edgar, plays very well with the following topics; riot, carnage, shipwreck, famine, revenge. At the same time he succeeds in submerging the reader in the feelings of abandonment and despair, or of relief and hope.

Edgar's inspiration is probably rooted in the books of J.N. Reynolds, but you can clearly see Edgar throughout the book.

I could not help but notice how Edgar treats African Americans contemptuously in his novel. I do not know if he tried to express his own opinion or if it was only a characterization of his characters.

My preferred part of this novel is the very light but very informative description you can see yourself in a boat or in the mountain edge, the suspense is very well carried, one of my favorite parts is the encounter with the natives and the difficulties that brings the clash of cultures.