{"product_id":"falk-large-print","title":"Falk — Gros caractères","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWhat do society’s rules mean to a man who has been driven beyond them by hunger?\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA young captain takes his first command on the river at Bangkok, but his sailing ship cannot easily reach the sea without help. Falk owns the steam tug that can take ships to open water. Silent, powerful, and shunned by other captains, he watches the narrator’s ship with unsettling interest.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs a prickly rivalry grows, gossip shapes the young captain’s judgment. Schomberg, the hotel keeper, talks freely; the hospitable Captain Hermann worries about his quiet niece’s future. In Joseph Conrad’s novella, these lives gather around a hidden past and a hard question: how should people judge someone pushed beyond society’s rules by need?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eWhat you'll discover\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eA river that confines\u003c\/strong\u003e – Feel the frustration of a captain whose command cannot carry him out to sea.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePower in quiet hands\u003c\/strong\u003e – Meet Falk, whose tug gives him power while his silence keeps others at a distance.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGossip against a secret\u003c\/strong\u003e – Watch the port’s talk shape judgments before the young narrator can see clearly.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eHunger against society’s rules\u003c\/strong\u003e – Consider what a person owes society after desperate need pushes him beyond its boundaries.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eYouth seen through memory\u003c\/strong\u003e – Enjoy an older narrator’s half-amused view of his younger self and his quick judgments.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003ePerfect for readers who love sea stories with a human secret, or want to try Conrad without beginning a long novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOpen the first page now and join a young captain waiting for a way out.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Library of Alexandria Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59534763753820,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1027\/9442\/8764\/files\/12484_en_ebook-front_c16_c3d0372c-d625-41fb-882e-0cbf00185fde.jpg?v=1792175189","url":"https:\/\/libraryofalexandria.com\/fr\/products\/falk-gros-caracteres","provider":"The Library of Alexandria","version":"1.0","type":"link"}