{"title":"Herman Melville","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"bartleby-o-escrivao","title":"Bartleby, the scrivener","description":"\" \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAn ironic and literary analysis of human nature, from the author of \u003cem\u003eMoby Dick.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cem\u003eBartleby the Scrivener\u003c\/em\u003e is one of those works where there's no single answer, only questions about who this peculiar character might be. The title character is a young court clerk who, tired of bureaucratic work, decides to adopt \"no\" as his motto and \"nothing\" as his lifestyle. By using the voice of his boss, a lawyer, as the narrator, Herman Melville provides a framework and distance for an original perspective on the story of this eccentric employee with perhaps depressive behavior, who gradually, progressively, refuses to fulfill his obligations.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n \u003cp\u003eThe situation soon reaches its breaking point. There is no alternative but to fire him. At this point, the book's fantastical tones are heightened: after all attempts to dismiss Bartleby have failed, the lawyer decides to move, leaving his office and his clerk behind. This is when the ghostly tone takes over the plot: the man sinks deeper into the inertia of denial and refuses to leave the room and building where he once worked—until he is taken into custody.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e Melville's narrative—one of the precursors of absurdism in literature—is as short as it is rich and multifaceted; a read to lose oneself in interpretations. Originally published anonymously in a magazine in 1853, \u003cem\u003eBartleby the Scrivener\u003c\/em\u003e is one of those works that leaves readers thoughtful when they reach the end. It's no wonder Jorge Luis Borges defined it as \"a deliberate application of an atrocious theme that seems to foreshadow a Franz Kafka, that of the fantasies of behavior and feeling, or, as they now regrettably say, psychological.\"\u003c\/p\u003e \"","brand":"Totvsrj-record-dc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47159419601148,"sku":"9788503013116","price":54.9,"currency_code":"BRL","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0722\/9197\/5420\/files\/7b42a962f523b8e137ff2ac75aca7589.jpg?v=1778317155"}],"url":"https:\/\/www.record.com.br\/en\/collections\/herman-melville.oembed","provider":"Editora Record","version":"1.0","type":"link"}