Wonderlijke Avonturen Van Een Chinees, Gevolgd Door Muiterij Aan Boord Der 'Bounty

Kin-Fo is rich, apathetic, and engaged to be married, yet he cannot shake a creeping emptiness. When a business failure threatens his fortune, he discovers something unexpected: he cannot feel sadness. Or happiness. Or anything at all. What follows is a peculiar odyssey through Canton and beyond, as Kin-Fo seeks to restore his capacity for feeling, confronting the paradox that only through loss can one truly experience life. Verne, ever the master of the strange journey, transforms what begins as a comedy of philosophical ennui into a surprisingly tender exploration of what it means to be alive. The companion tale of the Bounty mutiny offers darker fare: a historical recounting of rebellion, survival, and the terrible mathematics of mutiny. Together, these stories ask what Verne cared about most: what drives human beings to extremes, and what do we discover about ourselves when everything is stripped away.