El espejo del mar

Synopsis of El espejo del mar

«El espejo del mar» is Joseph Conrad's book of memoirs and essays, published by Reino de Redonda in hardcover (384 pages, in Spanish).

Conrad evokes his years as a sailor and pays tribute to sailing. With personal prose, he describes the almost mystical relationship between man, ship and ocean, and the craft's technique: the psychology of winds and the impact of storms. A work of memory and essay on life at sea.

This edition includes a prologue by Juan Benet, translation and note on the text by Javier Marías; it was published in 2005.

Aimed at lovers of maritime literature and memoirs of sailing.