Auf der Suche nach Moby Dick #[nn]

Dominating the cover of this 2020 Knesebeck graphic novel adaptation is a striking, intricately tattooed harpooner wearing a top hat, a massive bladed weapon resting over his shoulder and coiled rope at his side — with a tall ship and shadowy figures visible in the blood-red background behind him. Isaac Wens, who handles both the art and colors throughout, brings Melville's seafaring world to vivid, atmospheric life, rendered here in deep crimsons and moody blues that feel as vast and foreboding as the open ocean. Scripted by Sylvain Venayre and Anja Kootz after Herman Melville's enduring novel, this German-language volume promises a bold, visually immersive take on one of literature's great obsessions.