The Ocean
A Novel
Published on 17. March 2015
151 pages
978-1-5040-0569-2 (ISBN)
Description
Five shipwrecked passengers fight panic, thirst, and the sea itself
One minute, sailor Joseph Curtain is in his bunk. The next, he is submerged in the ocean. A German torpedo has struck the Aurora, and she is sinking fast. Curtain makes his way to a lifeboat and guides the survivors aboard. There are only six of them, and when the submarine's machine gun rakes the side of their boat, the number dwindles to five. Alongside Curtain are three men of various character and an elderly chaplain who is too sick to speak. Hope is slim, but Curtain will do what he must to survive.
He organizes the party into watches, rationing their food and enforcing strict discipline. But as their time in the boat stretches on, Curtain realizes that this tiny craft and its flagging crew are hardly a match for the power of the ocean.
One minute, sailor Joseph Curtain is in his bunk. The next, he is submerged in the ocean. A German torpedo has struck the Aurora, and she is sinking fast. Curtain makes his way to a lifeboat and guides the survivors aboard. There are only six of them, and when the submarine's machine gun rakes the side of their boat, the number dwindles to five. Alongside Curtain are three men of various character and an elderly chaplain who is too sick to speak. Hope is slim, but Curtain will do what he must to survive.
He organizes the party into watches, rationing their food and enforcing strict discipline. But as their time in the boat stretches on, Curtain realizes that this tiny craft and its flagging crew are hardly a match for the power of the ocean.
More details
Person
James Hanley (1897-1985) was born in Liverpool, England, to an Irish Catholic family.He spent time in the merchant navy and served with the Canadian Infantry during World War I. From 1930 to 1981 Hanley published forty-eight books, including the novels
Boy,
The Furys,
The Ocean,
Another World, and
Hollow Sea. He penned plays for radio, television, and theater and published a work of nonfiction,
Grey Children, on the plight of coal miners. Hanley died in London but was buried in Wales, the setting for many of his works.
Content
- Intro
- Cover Page
- Title Page
- Dedication
- I
- II
- III
- IV
- V
- VI
- VII
- VIII
- IX
- X
- XI
- About the Author
- Copyright Page
