{"id":132126,"date":"2020-05-26T22:38:45","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T20:38:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132126"},"modified":"2020-05-26T22:38:48","modified_gmt":"2020-05-26T20:38:48","slug":"sascha-morrell-why-should-you-read-moby-dick","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thecuriousbrain.com\/?p=132126","title":{"rendered":"Sascha Morrell Why should you read &#8220;Moby Dick&#8221;?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-ted wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-ted wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Sascha Morrell: Why should you read &quot;Moby Dick&quot;?\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.ted.com\/talks\/sascha_morrell_why_should_you_read_moby_dick\" sandbox=\"allow-popups allow-scripts allow-same-origin\" width=\"922\" height=\"519\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" webkitAllowFullScreen mozallowfullscreen allowFullScreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A mountain separating two lakes. A room papered floor to ceiling with bridal satins. The lid of an immense snuffbox. These seemingly unrelated images take us on a tour of a sperm whale&#8217;s head in Herman Melville&#8217;s &#8220;Moby Dick.&#8221; Though the book features pirates, typhoons, high-speed chases, and giant squid, it&#8217;s anything but a conventional seafaring adventure. Sascha Morrell digs into the classic novel. [Directed by Martina Me\u0161trovi\u0107, narrated by Adrian Dannatt, music by Stephen LaRosa].<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A mountain separating two lakes. A room papered floor to ceiling with bridal satins. The lid of an immense snuffbox. 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