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It has been said that one can see farther only by standing on the shoulders of giants. She disguises herself as a boy and runs away to sea to work as a cabin boy and has many adventures. Dickensian muse suffuses ahabs wife friday, september 24, 1999. Her 1999 novel, ahabs wife, and her 2003 novel, four spirits, were each named a new york times notable book of the year. 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. And una spenser, the transcendent hero at the center of ahab s wife may well become every bit as memorable as ahab. Ahabs wife, or, the stargazer book by sena jeter naslund. 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.
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