Bartleby, el escribiente

Overview

The narrator of this novella, a successful Wall Street businessman, introduces us to a former employee of his whose gradual inaction and lack of motivation represent a fascinating enigma, and are a source of both compassion and revulsion. El narrador de esta breve novela, un exitoso hombre de negocios de Wall Street, nos presenta a un antiguo empleado cuya inacción y falta de motivación gradual representan un enigma fascinante, e incitan compasión y revulsión a la vez.

Reviews

“Bartlebly, which dates from 1856, was a forerunner to Franz Kafka. Its disconcerting protagonist is a dark man who tenaciously refuses to take action.” —Jorge Luis Borges

Author Biography

Herman Melville was an American novelist, a short story writer, an essayist, and a poet. He is best known for his novel Moby Dick and the posthumous novella Billy Budd. Javier Zabala is an illustrator and the recipient of the Spanish National Award for Illustration in 2005. María José Chulia is a translator.