Typhoon and other stories - Couverture souple

Conrad, Mr Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1532923287 ISBN 13 : 9781532923289

Editeur : CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2016

Synopsis

Typhoon describes how Captain MacWhirr sails the Siamese steamer Nan-Shan into a typhoon. Other characters include the young Jukes (probably an alter ego of Conrad from the time he sailed under captain John McWhirr) and Solomon Rout, the chief engineer. This classic novella evokes the seafaring life at the turn of the century. MacWhirr (who, according to Conrad, "never walked on this Earth") is emotionally estranged from his family and crew. He refuses to consider an alternate course to skirt the typhoon, but his indomitable will in the face of a superior natural force elicits grudging admiration.

The three other stories included are: Amy Foster; Falk, a Reminiscence; and To-morrow.

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A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Joseph Conrad (1857 – 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He was granted British nationality in 1886 but always considered himself a Pole. Though he did not speak English fluently until he was in his twenties (and always with a marked accent), he was a master prose stylist who brought a distinctly non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, which depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe.

Conrad’s narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced many authors, including D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Faulkner, Ernest Hemingway, George Orwell, Graham Greene, William Golding, William S. Burroughs, Gabriel García Márquez, John le Carré. And many films have been adapted from, or inspired by, Conrad’s works.

Writing in the heyday of the British Empire, Conrad drew on his native Poland’s national experiences and on his personal experiences in the French and British merchant navies to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world, while profoundly exploring human psychology.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1532923287
• ISBN 13: 9781532923289
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 178
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Manufactured by Amazon on behalf of the author; https://www.amazon.fr/hz/contact-us; ; c/o Amazon Media EU S.à.r.l., 38 Avenue John F. Kennedy; Luxembourg; L-1855; Luxembourg