The Closed Harbour
Description:... Following an incident at sea, 50-year-old Captain Eugene Marius finds himself without employment or purpose in Marseille, paying fruitless daily visits to the port s shipping offices. Consumed by guilt, spurned by his family, and faced with the futility of life away from the waters, Marius seeks solace in alcohol and the arms of a prostitute, but is unable to keep his mental and physical deterioration at bay. Remarkable in its gritty descriptions of Marseille and the psychological portrait of its protagonist, this is a poignant, sharply written examination of the maritime profession and life as an outcast."
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