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Typhoon, by Joseph Conrad
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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. Captain Macwhirr has a reputation as a solid, steadfast man, who "having just enough imagination to carry him through each successive day, and no more" cannot fully believe any storm would be a match for his powerful ship. So, when the barometer and other clues begin to hint at trouble ahead, he is only moderately concerned and unwilling to change course and lose precious time-a decision that may prove more costly than he could ever have imagined.
Typhoon, by Joseph Conrad- Published on: 2015-11-11
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 9.00" h x .20" w x 6.00" l, .28 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 88 pages
About the Author Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He is considered an early modernist, though his works still contain elements of nineteenth-century realism. His most famous novels like The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agenta and Under Western Eyes, which combined his experiences in remote places with an interest in moral conflict and the dark side of human nature.
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. A Good Place to Start By Bill R. Moore Though not Joseph Conrad's most ambitious or important work, Typhoon is a strong short novel that fans will enjoy. Conciseness and straight-forwardness make it a good place for neophytes to start, as one will not get the most out of Conrad's most complex works by jumping right into them, but those who want to read the best first should get at least six of his other pieces before this.Like nearly all Conrad, Typhoon can be enjoyed on a very basic level as an exciting adventure. As the title suggests, the majority of the action describes a typhoon's monumental effects, specifically how it impacts a ship. The extended scene portraying it is one of the best of its kind. We get a powerful impression of nature's astounding force and just how insignificant humanity and its creations can be in the face of it.Engrossing as this is, it is of course really just fodder for Conrad's larger themes, the most immediate being the vast amount of things beyond humanity's control; for all our arrogance, there are many situations where we can do little or no more than sit back - or, in this case, hold on - and hope for the best. Typhoon is also in part a bildungsroman, though a somewhat unconventional one. The middle-aged Captain Macwhirr is ostensibly the protagonist, but the young Chief Mate Jukes takes center stage here. He enters the voyage with a considerable ego and pokes much fun at the literal-minded Macwhirr but comes to see that, for all his eccentricities, the latter's simple practicality, level-headedness, and strict determination are not without worth. Hapless as Macwhirr may be in numerous ways, he succeeds where many - perhaps most - ostensibly more intelligent people would fail. Jukes comes to see his value even if he cannot bring himself to give all deserved credit. The same is true of other characters to a lesser degree. Macwhirr himself also learns something in the course of the tale; though experienced and in many ways competent, he had never sailed through harsh weather and is tested in a way he never thought he would be. His near-surreal stubbornness means he perhaps did not learn nearly as much as he should have, but he made it through after all. Conrad leaves it open whether this is due to subtle strength or pure luck; it is certainly debatable whether Macwhirr is capable and even heroic in his own way or simply a fool. In any case, he and other characters find that, as he repeatedly says, you can't learn everything from books; Conrad leaves no doubt that there is often no substitute for experience.The setting and some of the action are very similar to several other Conrad works, but Typhoon also has its own strengths and is in some ways unusual. For example, characterization is very strong - not in the sense of being rounded, Macwhirr in particular being almost a Dickensian caricature, but in being simply memorable. The characters may be archetypes but are very entertaining - and many readers will see people they know in them. Typhoon is also quite humorous, which is surprising in an author whose humor is nearly always black in the rare cases where it exists at all. Macwhirr is of course the butt of much comic fodder, but there is a light-heartedness to many descriptions outside the central scene. Some, such as those in the sailors' households, have satirical bite, which will please those who miss Conrad's cynicism, but those who normally find him too dark may well be pleasantly surprised overall.This is certainly not Conrad's strongest story; the frustratingly abrupt way in which the storm's second half is passed over even seems to suggest he grew bored with the work and rushed toward the end. I personally think further storm descriptions would have simply been too much, and he perhaps thought so too, but there certainly should have been a less jerky transition. Some will also dislike the indirect narration toward the end, but I found it a successful, if not overly ambitious, experiment from an author renowned for constantly pushing narrative's proverbial envelope. More fundamentally, Typhoon lacks the astonishing psychological depth and dense philosophical dramatization that were always Conrad's top strengths. The latter is here to a certain extent but far less so than elsewhere, automatically putting the book below his best, though some of the other elements partly atone.All told, anyone interested in Conrad should read this, but those coming to it early should be aware that it is not representative of his best work.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Man vs Storm. By J. Rodeck Straightforward story of a ship fighting a typhoon in the China Sea and how the captain and his mates try to survive it. No great themes or deep subtleties involved. So I'd mainly suggest this for young readers who should find man vs storm exciting enough.
0 of 0 people found the following review helpful. One of many Conrad masterworks By OldSoldierSix Worth reading just to admire Conrad's mastery of language, made even more impressive because he was born Jozef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, in Poland in 1857. He knew only a few words in English as a teenager, did not read or write English at all until he was in his twenties, yet all of his books - classics which have influenced dozens of modern writers - were written in English. His 20-plus years at sea on sailing vessels, roaming all the world's oceans in every position from deck hand to master (captain) for the French and British merchant fleets, gave him a deep and rich understanding of the sea - and the men who sailed upon it. His descriptions of the sea in all its moods and his development of characters are superb.
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