| Typhoon Contributor(s): Joseph Conrad (Author) |
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ISBN: 1512281603 ISBN-13: 9781512281606 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $6.06 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Classics - Fiction | Sea Stories |
| Physical Information: 0.11" H x 5.98" W x 9.02" (0.17 lbs) 44 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Typhoon is a classic sea yarn, possibly based upon Conrad's actual experience of seaman's life, and probably on a real incident aboard of the real steamer John P. Best. It describes how Captain MacWhirr sails the Siamese steamer Nan-Shan into a typhoon-a mature tropical cyclone of the northwestern part of the Pacific Ocean. Other characters include the young Jukes - most probably an "alter ego" of Conrad from the time he had sailed under captain John McWhir - and Solomon Rout, the chief engineer. The novel classically evokes the seafaring life at the turn of the century. While Macwhirr, who, according to Conrad, "never walked on this Earth" - is emotionally estranged from his family and crew, and though he refuses to consider an alternate course to skirt the typhoon, his indomitable will in the face of a superior natural force elicits grudging admiration. |