Zbiór zawiera opowiadania "Weranda", "Bartleby", "Benito Cereno", "Sprzedawca gromochronów", "Encantadas" oraz "Dzwonnica"
Stung by the critical reception and lack of commercial success of his previous two works, Moby-Dick and Pierre, Herman Melville became obsessed with the difficulties of communicating his vision to readers. His sense of isolation lies at the heart of these later works. "Billy Budd, Sailor," a
Z dodatkiem esejów: Bartleby albo formuła / Gilles Deleuze'a ; w przekł. Grzegorza Jankowicza. Bartleby, czyli O przypadkowości / Giorgio Agambena ; w przekł. Sławomira Królaka.
