We, the Drowned by Carsten Jensen6/10/2023 Conrad, for instance, in such masterpieces as "Typhoon" and "The Shadow Line," sketched a grim psychological portrait of seafaring's solitude and isolation - symbols of what he took to be the wider tragedy of existence. Tomlinson and Hughes had once held clerical jobs in tramp freighters.Īs writers, the four shared a mastery of spare, ironic, lucid prose that offered a harsh, unblinking vision of man's relationship to the sea. In one capacity or another, all had worked in ships: Conrad as mate and master in sail McFee as chief engineer in steam. And chief among its greatest modern practitioners were the late 19th and early 20th century British authors Joseph Conrad, William McFee, H.M. In its classic form it demands detachment, economy of language and a refusal to romanticize. The novel of the sea is a peculiar literary institution. By Carsten Jensen translated from the Danish by Charlotte Barslund with Emma Ryder ( Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 678 pages $28)
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