B. Traven: The Death Ship | Taschenbuch

Cover: 9780241822210 | The Death Ship | B. Traven | Taschenbuch | 384 S. | Englisch | 2027

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Sprache: Englisch

Originalsprache: Deutsch

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Beschreibung

A cult masterpiece and a darkly comic tale of survival on the high seas, inspired by the mysterious author B. Traven's own life

'Whoever survived the Yorikke could never be frightened any more during his lifetime by anything'

Stateless and stranded after he loses his passport, sailor Gerald Gales flees arrest and persecution across Europe, until he finally finds work on the Yorikke, a decrepit 'death ship' bound for destruction. Condemned to stoke the furnaces, Gales must navigate a labyrinth of surreal rules and the brutal realities of life at sea if he is to make it out alive. First published in 1926 and thought to bear the traces of the mysterious author B. Traven's own experience of migrating to Mexico, The Death Ship is a darkly absurd, raging tale about what it takes to survive when life is cheap.

Über den Autor

Little is known for certain about the life of B. Traven; a prolific writer, he is best known for his beloved adventure novel The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, and the Jungle Novels, a series set during and after the outbreak of the Mexican Revolution, with proletarian, anarchist themes. During his lifetime, he was variously (and incorrectly) identified as the son of Kaiser Wilhelm I, or a North German brickmaker, but it is now believed that he was born Moritz Rathenau in Germany in 1882, the illegitimate son of Emil Rathenau, the founder of AEG and Helen Mareck, an Irish actress. He lived for some time as Ret Marut, a merchant seaman, actor, journalist and politician, and left Germany in 1923 after having been sentenced to death for his part in the Bavarian Revolution. He arrived in Mexico in 1924, where he dedicated himself to writing full time. Traven married Rosa Elena Luján in 1957 and died in Mexico City in 1969.

Erscheinungsjahr:	2027
Genre:	Importe , Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik:	Belletristik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	384 S.
ISBN-13:	9780241822210
ISBN-10:	0241822211
Sprache:	Englisch
Originalsprache:	Deutsch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Traven, B.
Hersteller:	Penguin Books Ltd (UK) Penguin Classics
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Petersen Buchimport GmbH, Vertrieb, Weidestr. 122a, D-22083 Hamburg, gpsr@petersen-buchimport.com
Maße:	197 x 132 x 27 mm
Von/Mit:	B. Traven
Erscheinungsdatum:	23.02.2027
Gewicht:	0,293 kg