{"product_id":"2026100012021-secondhand-typhoon-and-the-shadow-line","title":"Typhoon And The Shadow Line","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Yellowed\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTwo of Joseph Conrad's most celebrated shorter works are united in this volume, each a masterclass in psychological tension set against the unforgiving theatre of the sea. Typhoon chronicles the stolid Captain MacWhirr as he steers his steamship, the Nan-Shan, directly into a raging typhoon, his legendary literal-mindedness pitted against the sublime fury of nature; while The Shadow Line follows a young, unnamed captain navigating his first command through a becalmed and fever-stricken passage in the Gulf of Siam, where the boundary between the rational and the supernatural grows dangerously thin.\n\nConrad, writing in his characteristically dense, impressionistic prose, uses both narratives to dissect the burdens of leadership, the rite of passage from youth to experience, and humanity's fragile place within an indifferent universe. The two novellas complement each other profoundly — one a study of brute, unimaginative courage; the other a meditation on doubt, responsibility, and the ghosts that haunt command. Together, they represent Conrad at his most searching and atmospheric, leaving the reader to question where competence ends and fate begins.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51103155683547,"sku":"2026100012021-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7cbb2246-e5c4-4ff6-84ae-6ff93e4e2042.png?v=1794449391","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026100012021-secondhand-typhoon-and-the-shadow-line","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}