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Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is the second book by American writer Herman Melville, first published in London in 1847, and a sequel to his first South Seas narrative Typee, also based on the author's experiences in the South Pacific.
Omoo, novel by Herman Melville, published in 1847 as a sequel to his novel Typee. Based on Melville’s own experiences in the South Pacific, this episodic novel, in a more comical vein than that of Typee, tells of the narrator’s participation in a mutiny on a whale ship and his subsequent wanderings.
A reliable account of Melville’s South Seas voyages, featuring comparisons between the facts of Melville’s experience and the fictions of Moby Dick, Typee, and Omoo.
‘Omoo’ in the dialect of the Marquesas Islands signifies a person wandering from one island to another. The narrative before us opens with the author's escape from the island of Nukuheva-where, as our readers will sufficiently remember, (see Ath .
Omoo: A Narrative of Adventures in the South Seas is a non-fiction travel narrative by Herman Melville. It was first published in England in 1847 as a sequel to Melville’s earlier book Typee. Both books recount Melville’s experiences as a sailor on various ships in the South Pacific.
Summary. Rescued from the island of Typee by the crew of a British whaler, Herman Melville agrees to stay on the ship as a deckhand until it reaches the next port, where he is to be placed ashore...
Named after the Polynesian term for a rover, or someone who roams from island to island, Omoo chronicles the tumultuous events aboard a South Sea whaling vessel and is based on Melville’s personal experiences as a crew member on a ship sailing the Pacific.
