Stories of the Sea (Everyman Library)

ThistitleincludesclassicadventurestoriesbyJosephConrad,RudyardKipling,StephenCrane,RobertLouisStevensonandJackLondonthatmixwithmarvellouslyimaginativetalesbyIsakDinesen,PatriciaHighsmithandJ.G.Ballard.RobertOlenButlerexploresthememoriesofaTitanicvictimwhohasbecomepartoftheseathatswallowedhim;RayBradbury's"TheFogHorn"summonssomethingprimevalandlonelyfromtheoceandepths;JohnUpdike'sloversretracetherouteofHomer'sOdysseyonacruiseship.FromEdgarAllanPoe'sdramatic"ADescentintotheMaelstrom"toErnestHemingway'schilling"AftertheStorm",thestorieshereareaswide-rangingandentrancingastheseaitself.