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Typhoon [CD-ROM]

Joseph Conrad (Author)
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)

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Publication Date: July 1 1999
At the age of twenty, Jozef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski arrived in England unable to speak English. In sixteen years with the British Merchant Marine he not only mastered English but he rose form a deckhand to a captain. As Joseph Conrad, he went to become a successfull novelist in his adopted language.

Generally considered to be a teller of sea tales, he actually used the narrow confines of a ship to examine how society could cope with the forces of individual ego in the modern world.

Conrad's key works include "Heart of Darkness", "Lord Jim", and "Typhoon". Along with his well known works, Quiet Vision also brings you some of his lesser known writings.

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"Conrad is quite simply the master of all who try to reflect the world of the sea in the mirror of the written word....No one has limned more vividly the courage, the skill, the dreams, and terrors of those who set out upon the waters. He is the Captain." -David Poyer, author of The Med.
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"If you liked The Perfect Storm, you will be blown away by Typhoon, Conrad's classic tale." -David Hagberg, author of White House

"Conrad is quite simply the master of all who try to reflect the world of the sea in the mirror of the written word...No one has limned more vividly the courage, the skill, the dreams, and terrors of those who set out upon the waters. He is the Captain." --David Poyer, author of The Med --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Sign Up For the Voyage! Mar 19 2010
By James Gallen TOP 100 REVIEWER
Format:Audio CD
"Typhoon" is what you would expect from a Joseph Conrad novel, a riveting description of action in an exotic setting. This one takes place aboard the Nan-Shan as Captain MacWhirr and chief mate Jukes transport Asian workers across the China Sea. As the weather deteriorates this routine cruise becomes a desperate struggle for survival. I do not want to give any more away, so just trust me. If you like other Joseph Conrad novels, you will be glad that you signed up for this voyage.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Conrad the master! Jan 27 2003
By S. Griffin
Format:Paperback
Joseph Conrad was a master of language. In a brief but classic book, you will experience the incredible power of a typhoon while on a steamer as if you were there. Especially real is the scene in the chart room after the initial damage. It is very dark, and Captain MacWhirr lights matches to see his surroundings. Conrad's concise descriptions make you feel even the flame of the match as it burns down. If only this book were longer! I would have loved to know more about Captain MacWhirr's adventures. I HIGHLY recommend this book, as well as Conrad's "Heart of Darkness."
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5.0 out of 5 stars A storm and how to survive it April 2 2002
By Guillermo Maynez
Format:Paperback
Taking maximum advantage from his long years at sea, and from his innate insight into the human soul, Conrad tells an outright and direct story about a huge typhoon in the midst of the Yellow Sea. But the book is not so much about the storm in itself, but about the human character and how it reacts to disaster.

Captain MacWhirr is famous for being an efficient, calm, dull and silent man, someone you would trust but not like. He seems to be rather unbrilliant, though, never understanding why people talk so much. The other characters are also interesting, especially Jukes, the "young Turk", vivid and dynamic; Solomon the head engineer, another wise man from the sea, and the disgusting and repugnant "second officer", the type of coward you don't want to be with in this kind of drama.

Human character, then, is revealed by limit-situations much more than at any other time, as war literature fans know, and this tale will leave you wondering how YOU would react if you had to make decisions in the midst of a horrible, and wonderfully depicted, typhoon.

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