Salt in Our Wounds

Autorentext

Jack Harvey was born in Australia in 1921. During the Second World War he worked as a merchant seaman and was aboard an oil tanker which was torpedoed by the Japanese – thus inspiring the events depicted in Salt in Our Wounds. The novel was a bestseller, which was followed by a prequel Beyond the River’s Mouth in 1956. Harvey subsequently stepped out of the public eye and there is little known about his later life. He died 2013.

Klappentext

Based on Jack Harvey’s own wartime experiences, this new edition of a 1953 classic features a contextual introduction from IWM, which sheds new light on the true events that so inspired its author.

It is 1944, and merchant oil tanker the Richard travels unaccompanied from Melbourne, Australia, to Abadan, Iran. With little warning, the ship is torpedoed by a Japanese U-boat, with the crew forced to abandon ship within minutes. What follows is a desperate fight for survival, as 38 men struggle into the final remaining lifeboat. Cast adrift over a thousand miles from land with little food, no water and at the mercy of the elements, the men must battle not with their country’s opponents, but with each other, with the conditions – and ultimately with themselves.
Based on Jack Harvey’s own wartime experiences, this new edition of a 1953 classic features a contextual introduction from IWM, which sheds new light on the true events that so inspired its author.