Many chronicles have been written about life at sea, but few, if any, can compare with Joseph Conrad's masterpiece. It is the story of one unremarkable steamship captain, pitted against a storm of incredible fury.
TYPHOON Many chronicles have been discussed life at sea, but few, if any, can equate to Joseph Conrad's masterpiece. It's the story of 1 unremarkable steamship captain, pitted against a storm of amazing fury.
Its first book publication was in New York by Putnam in 1902; it was also published in Britain in Typhoon and Other Stories by Heinemann in 1903.Plot summaryTyphoon is a classic sea yarn, possibly based upon Conrad's actual experience of ...
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 steamer John P. Best (according to the book by Jerry Allen on the "Sea years of Joseph Conrad", ...
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 steamer John P. Best (according to the book by Jerry Allen on the "Sea years of Joseph Conrad", ...
Endowing a superb visual rendering of the damage caused by the typhoon, this book provides a keen insight into human frame of mind and the power of decision making in perilous circumstances. A striking staging of human retort to wreckage!
. . Typhoon tells the dramatic story of an air-combat squadron in action, putting you in the cockpit, hands gripping the controls, the sounds of battle crackling in your ears.
"Typhoon" is set in Chiragpur, a Pakistani village warped in time, space and guilt, whose inhabitants are still traumatised by what happened some twenty years earlier in a courtroom (kacheri).