Mardi and a trip there. Book of islands

German Melville (1819-1891)-an American writer who has entered the history of literature thanks to his famous novel Moby Dick, or White Whale. Nowadays, Melville is considered a classic of US literature, one of the largest figures of American romanticism.
Mardi’s novel and a trip there became a turning point in his work, since in it Melville first moved away from the usual topics and created a complex philosophical allegory, which turned out to be incomprehensible to readers and critics.
A young man who escaped from the ship during his wanderings in the ocean meets the beautiful girl Yilla and falls in love with her. Soon after, they find themselves on Mardi - the mysterious archipelago, which cannot be found on the maps. Yilla mysteriously disappears, and the main character in the company of new and old friends travels along the archipelago, hoping to find his lover. The allegorical narrative of this amazing journey will captivate everyone who is ready for wanderings by land and by sea, the earthly world - and the internal, spiritual world