Shadowline |
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Author:
| Kananen, Marvin |
ISBN: | 978-1-4912-6250-4 |
Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
Publisher: | CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
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Book Format: | Paperback |
List Price: | USD $6.95 |
Book Description:
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Take a story by Joseph Conrad, one of the finest writers of the English language ever, transpose one of his lesser known (but wonderful) sea stories to outer space, add an element of drug dependency, and you have SHADOWLINE. Conrad's novelette, titled THE SHADOW-LINE: A CONFESSION, is the basis of Marvin Kananen's re-write of this wonderful story of a man taking his first command. Mr. Kananen knows both the sea and the problems of addiction, he uses his unique insight to give a new...
More DescriptionTake a story by Joseph Conrad, one of the finest writers of the English language ever, transpose one of his lesser known (but wonderful) sea stories to outer space, add an element of drug dependency, and you have SHADOWLINE. Conrad's novelette, titled THE SHADOW-LINE: A CONFESSION, is the basis of Marvin Kananen's re-write of this wonderful story of a man taking his first command. Mr. Kananen knows both the sea and the problems of addiction, he uses his unique insight to give a new spin on Conrad's tale. The purpose of this book is to tell a good story, but the goal of this re-write is to give some hope to those who find themselves addicted to any of the many addictive elements of our society. An alcoholic himself although sober now for thirty years, Kananen discovered that his years spent drunk were lost years. The idea behind this revamped story is to encourage people to live their lives in such a manner that they can remember what they have done.Marvin Kananen is a former teacher, a retired missionary who lived among the Maasai people of northern Tanzania for twelve years, and a biblical cruciverbalist (maker of Bible-based crossword puzzles). A Finn, born in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, a graduate of Suomi College (now Finlandia University), Pacific Lutheran University, and Oakland University, Kananen has fished commercially, served as a pastor, taught college English, wrote ten published books, lived a dozen years in a ten-by-ten square hut in the Cascade Mountains in Washington State, finally married at the age of forty-four, and currently lives in Bellevue, Washington with his wife and canoe.