Author: George Phillipos
Publisher: Rupa
Year: 2005
Language: English
Pages: 276
ISBN/UPC (if available): 8129105500
Description
The Men Inside: Chronicles of a Modern Mariner is a brilliant collection of short stories woven out of the author’s association with the seas as a marine engineer. Exquisitely narrated, the author is able to transport the reader into the deep seas with his characters.
Through the tapestry of his narration, Phillipos is able to delineate the stories of ordinary human beings and their ordinary human emotions on one had, while on the other he dabbles with the realm of the unreal/paranormal. Anecdotal and churned out of his personal memory, this collection is simply unputdownable.
Contents
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
PROLOGUE
THE MEN INSIDE
The Distant Dad
The Captain’s Wife
The Melbourne Mishap
The Orinoco
Stomme Kluitzak (The Dud)
Just Ten Feet More
The Chief Officer and His Cadets
The Coffee Shop in Korea
The Radio Officer
Henry McMillan’s Suez Crossing
The Chief Engineer’s Tale
The Laugh
The Eccentric
The Jevelin
Always a Firs Time for Everything
Engineers and Shipmates
The Bay of Biscay Incident
The Chief Engineer’s Final Voyage-Episode I
The Chief Engineer’s Final Voyage-Episode II
The Chief Engineer’s Final Voyage-Episode III