Heart of Darkness
Autor Joseph Conrad Editat de Owen Knowles, Robert Hampsonen Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 aug 2007
Conrad's narrator Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz: dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. Travelling upriver to the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure. Marlow's discovery of how Kurtz has gained his position of power over the local people involves him in a radical questioning, not only of his own nature and values, but also those of western civilisation.
Part of a major series of new editions of Conrad's most famous works in Penguin Classics, this volume contains Conrad'sCongo Diary, a chronology, further reading, notes, a map of the Congo, a glossary and an introduction discussing the author's experiences in Africa, the narrative and symbolic complexities ofHeart of Darknessand critical responses to the novel.
Edited with an introduction by Owen Knowles
'Seems to reach into the heart of Conrad himself' Peter Ackroyd
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780141441672
ISBN-10: 0141441674
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 0141441674
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 11 mm
Greutate: 0.15 kg
Ediția:Revizuită
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin Classics
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Joseph
Conrad
was
born
in
the
Ukraine
in
1857
and
grew
up
under
Tsarist
autocracy.
In
1874
Conrad
travelled
to
Marseilles,
where
he
served
in
French
merchant
vessels
before
joining
a
British
ship
in
1878
as
an
apprentice.
In
1886
he
obtained
British
nationality.
Eight
years
later
he
left
the
sea
to
devote
himself
to
writing,
publishing
his
first
novel,Almayer's
Folly,
in
1895.
The
following
year
he
settled
in
Kent,
where
he
produced
within
fifteen
years
such
modern
classics
asYouth,
Heart
of
Darkness,
Lord
Jim,
Typhoon,
Nostromo,
The
Secret
AgentandUnder
Western
Eyes.
He
continued
to
write
until
his
death
in
1924.
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In this rendering of Conrad's classic, we join colonial trader Marlow as he recounts his journey into the heart of Africa. Interspersed with extracts from Conrad's 'The Congo Diary', Mairowitz and Anyango create a vision of Conrad's finest and most enduring novella.
In this rendering of Conrad's classic, we join colonial trader Marlow as he recounts his journey into the heart of Africa. Interspersed with extracts from Conrad's 'The Congo Diary', Mairowitz and Anyango create a vision of Conrad's finest and most enduring novella.
Recenzii
"This small novel is written with intense clarity - sentence for sentence it is still more unsettling than many unpleasant books that have been written since" -- Anne Enright "Conrad's narrative arsenal is awesome... Conrad deals in profundities if he deals in anything, but it is just his ability to clip his own wings in midflight, to puncture his ponderously magnificent dirigibles, that make him such an impressive literary performer" Sunday Times "Still the debate rages: is Conrad's novella an incisive critique of colonialism, or does it reinforce the very racist values it claims to unmask? Either way, his shrouded account of Marlow's journey into the "god-forsaken wilderness" of the Congo demands to be read. At its core lies the enigmatic, awesome Kurtz, and civilisation itself. "And this also," said Marlow suddenly, "has been one of the dark places of the earth" Guardian "Demands to be read" Guardian "Conrad broadened the descriptive range of the English language (his glowing and luxuriant delight in words, the haunting decor of the tropics, all that maritime terminology) more than any of his contemporaries" Independent
Cuprins
List of maps; Acknowledgements; Introduction; A note on the text; Select bibliography; Chronology; Abbreviations and note on editions; Heart of Darkness; Appendices; Notes; Glossary of nautical terms.