Typhoon (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781512281606)

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.

Author: Joseph Conrad
ISBN-10: 1512281603
ISBN-13: 9781512281606
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Language: English
Published: 05/19/2015
Pages: 44
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.17lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.11d