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Based on Lowry's journal of his own first voyage to the Far East at the age of nineteen, ULTRAMARINE is the story of Dana Hilliot's first voyage as mess-boy on the freighter Oedipus Tyrannus bound for Bombay and Singapore, and of his struggle to winthe approval of his shipmates. Alternating between Dana's won narrative and the ribald humour of the seamen's conversation, ULTRAMARINE is the story of a boy's initiation into the company of men.
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Synopsis:
This is the story of Dana Hilliot's first voyage, as mess-boy on the freighter "Oedipus Tyranjnus" bound for Bombay and Singapore and of his struggle to win the approval of his shipmates. This book alternates between Dana's own narrative and the humour of the seaman's conversation.
About the Author:
Malcolm Lowry (1909-1957) was raised in Enlgand and died there but lived much of his troubled life semi-nomodically in New York, Mexico and British Columbia.
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- PublisherPenguin Classics
- Publication date2000
- ISBN 10 0141182261
- ISBN 13 9780141182261
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages208
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