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Heart of Darkness by Conrad, Joseph

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Author: Conrad, Joseph

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 2 August 2007 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 192 pages
196 x 128 x 12 | 146g

A haunting Modernist masterpiece and the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola’s Oscar-winning film Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness explores the limits of human experience and the nightmarish realities of imperialism. 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 al

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Heart of Darkness by Conrad, Joseph