The Heart of Darkness - Couverture souple

Conrad, Joseph

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0460874772 ISBN 13 : 9780460874779

Editeur : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1995

Synopsis

Did he live his life through in every detail of desire, temptation and surrender during that supreme moment of complete knowledge? He cried whisperingly at some image at some vision,–he cried twice, with a cry that was no more than a breath–

"The horror! The Horror!"

Charles Marlow's journey into the heart of Africa is odyssey into corruption, absurdity the Africans and conspiring against each other; he voyages upstream on a paddle–steamer that comes under lethal attack; and he encounters the great idealist, Mr. Kurtz, the genius who seemed to represent the best Europe. But Mr. Kurtz has 'taken a high seat among the devils of the land, ' and Marlow returns to Europe bearing the burden of appalling knowledge, forced to make his 'choice of nightmares.'

Conrad's critical tale of self inspired the far-reaching film Apocalypse Now as well as generations of critical discussion.

A comprehensive paperback edition, with introduction notes, selected criticism, text summary and chronology of Conrad's life and times

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• Éditeur: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
• Date d'édition: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0460874772
• ISBN 13: 9780460874779
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 2
• Nombre de pages: 176
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