The "Typhoon" describes how Captain MacWhirr sails the s/s Nan-Shan, a British-built steamer running under the Siamese flag, 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 McWhirr - and Solomon Rout, the chief engineer. The novella 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.

Mídia	Livros Paperback Book (Livro de capa flexível e brochura)
Lançado	7 de janeiro de 2017
ISBN13	9781542408820
Editoras	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Páginas	78
Dimensões	152 × 229 × 4 mm · 117 g
Idioma	English

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