"In the tumultuous business of cutting in and attending to a whale, there is much running backwards and forwards among the crew. Now hands are wanted here, and then again hands are wanted there. There is no staying in any one place; for at one and the same time everything has to be done everywhere." (Beginning of chapter 72)

Beginning autumn 2011, Harpune Books Vienna will publish Herman Melville's masterpiece about the Great White Whale and his relentless pursuer Captain Ahab as a serial in 137 chapters. To do justice to the book's many voices, each chapter will be illustrated by a different artist and each limited edition issue of 460 copies will be published in non-chronological order at the rate of one chapter per month