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Informationen zum Autor DIANA SECKER TESDELL is the editor of the Everyman's Pocket Classic anthologies Christmas Stories, Love Stories, Dog Stories, Cat Stories, Horse Stories , New York Stories , Bedtime Stories, Stories of Art and Artists, Stories of Fatherhood , Stories of Motherhood, Stories of the Sea , and Stories from the Kitchen, and of the Everyman's Library Pocket Poet Lullabies and Poems for Children. Klappentext A gathering of the best maritime fiction from the last two hundred years: tales of shipwrecks and storms at sea, of creatures from the deep, of voyages that test human limits on the wild and limitless waters. Classic adventures stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London mix with marvelously imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith, and J. G. Ballard. Robert Olen Butler explores the memories of a Titanic victim who has become part of the sea that swallowed him; Ray Bradbury's "The Fog Horn" summons something primeval and lonely from the ocean depths; John Updike's vacationing lovers retrace the route of Homer's Odyssey on a cruise ship. From Edgar Allan Poe's dramatic "A Descent into the Maelstrom" to Ernest Hemingway's chilling "After the Storm" to Mark Helprin's heartbreaking "Sail Shining in White," the stories here are as wide-ranging and entrancing as the sea itself. Zusammenfassung A gathering of the best maritime fiction from the last two hundred years: tales of adventure, shipwrecks, storms at sea, creatures from the deep, and voyages that test human limits on the wild and limitless waters. Classic adventures stories by Joseph Conrad, Rudyard Kipling, Stephen Crane, Robert Louis Stevenson, and Jack London mix with marvelously imaginative tales by Isak Dinesen, Patricia Highsmith, and J. G. Ballard. Robert Olen Butler explores the memories of a Titanic victim who has become part of the sea that swallowed him; Ray Bradbury’s “The Fog Horn” summons something primeval and lonely from the ocean depths; John Updike’s vacationing lovers retrace the route of Homer’s Odyssey on a cruise ship. The 18 stories here, as wide-ranging and entrancing as the sea itself, include: • “After the Storm” by Ernest Hemingway • “Cruise” by John Updike • “The Cruise of The Jolly Roger ” by Kurt Vonnegut • “The Open Boat” by Stephen Crane • “The House of Mapuhi” by Jack London • “John Marr” by Herman Melville • “Now Wakes the Sea” by J.G. Ballard This appealing collection joins Everyman’s Library’s small Pocket Classics, perfect for gift giving and pleasure reading. Everyman's Library pursues the highest production standards, printing on acid-free cream-colored paper, with full-cloth cases with two-color foil stamping, decorative endpapers, silk ribbon markers, European-style half-round spines, and a full-color illustrated jacket. Inhaltsverzeichnis DANGERS OF THE DEEP Ray Bradbury The Fog Horn Rudyard Kipling A Matter of Fact Edgar Allan Poe A Descent into the Maelström Robert Louis Stevenson The Merry Men Ernest Hemingway After the Storm Saki The Treasure-Ship VOYAGES OF DISCOVERY Doris Lessing Through the Tunnel John Updike Cruise Kurt Vonnegut The Cruise of The Jolly Roger Patricia Highsmith One for the Islands SURVIVAL AT SEA Stephen Crane The Open Boat Jack London The House of Mapuhi Joseph Conrad Youth Robert Olen Butler Titanic Victim Speaks through Waterbed THE CALL OF THE SEA Isak Dinesen The Young Man with the Carnation Herman Melville John Marr J.G. Ballard
