Herman Melville The Enchanted
Artemis Editions, 2006. Translation
Ana Lima, Francisco León prologue. EUR 15.95
By 1846, Melville Galapagos sighting had been two centuries since the English under the command of Thomas Berlanga first set foot upon the island. During that time, the Galapagos were'll be pleased or land of pirates, prisoners, soldiers, kings, kings, tyrants, whalers, runaways, castaways, hermits, tenants who left in the bark of the islands, scars that the author of Moby Dick in 1854, rebuilt for the magazine Putnam's Monthly Magazine. Over ten pictures, Melville portrays an enclave that had served as a shelter, jail, state or laboratory-state and no man's land, which had been unsuccessful attempt all settlements planned by man. When Melville arrived turtles and dogs, surviving faithful men dominate the archipelago, "the remains of the hermit and rock cavities are not the only traces of humanity found in the islands." Letters abandoned pets, tortoise shells, epitaphs and thrones of pirates, there were clear warnings or a bleak enough picture for the future occupants in Enchanted became the richest hotel, accommodation of Norwegians, and wall of tears. By 1854, Melville, anticipating history, portrayed in the Charmed man's expulsion from the Galapagos. A century later humanity disregarded their desire to live on them.
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