HEART OF DARKNESS - LITTLE CLOTHBOUND CLASSICS
Joseph Conrad's haunting Modernist masterpiece, now in the beautifully designed Penguin Clothbound Classics series
Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also a powerful indictment of the evils of imperialism. It reflects the savage repressions carried out in the Congo by the Belgians in one of the largest acts of genocide committed up to that time. Conrad's narrator encounters at the end of the story a man named Kurtz, dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. What he sees on his journey, and his eventual encounter with Kurtz, horrify and perplex him, and call into question the very bases of civilization and human nature.
JOSEPH CONRAD
Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski was born in the Ukraine on 3 December 1857. His parents were Polish and had both died in exile by the time Conrad was eleven. His uncle then became his guardian and looked after him in Krakow until he was sixteen when he went to sea and sailed on French and British ships. He was made British citizen in 1886 and changed his name to Joseph Conrad. In 1889 Conrad visited the Congo and his experiences there inspired Heart of Darkness. In 1894 he published his first novel, Almayer's Folly and went on to write nineteen more as well as many short stories, essays and a memoir. In 1896 he married Jessie George and they later had two sons. Conrad died on 3 August 1924.
Edad recomendada: Adultos.
CONRAD JOSEPH
Joseph Conrad Konrad Korzeniowski nació en Berdichev, Ucrania, en 1857, en una familia de la nobleza polaca. Murió en 1924, en Bishopsbourne, Kent. Durante su juventud fue marino. Luego, aunque su primera idea fue radicarse en París y ser un escritor francés, la vida lo llevó a convertirse en uno de los grandes clásicos de la literatura inglesa del pasado siglo. Sus originalísimas novelas -traducidas a todos los idiomas y llevadas al cine muchas de ellas- convierten la aventura marítima o exótica en una búsqueda iniciática a través de la prueba de la voluntad.
