Heart of Darkness - Joseph Conrad (Paperback)

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Description

Renowned for its stylistic boldness and dramatic descriptions, Heart of Darkness is a stark yet subtle examination of the powers of the subconscious and the workings of western imperialism.

Product Details

Barcode: 9781847494016

Department: Books

Released: 15 Jan 2015

Supply Source: South Africa

Book

Author: Joseph Conrad

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: Alma Books Ltd

Series: Alma Classics Evergreens

Language: English

Number of Pages: 192

Dimensions: 198 x 128mm (144g)

Annotation

Renowned for its stylistic boldness and dramatic descriptions, Heart of Darkness is a stark yet subtle examination of the powers of the subconscious and the workings of western imperialism.

Summary

On a boat in the Thames estuary, Marlow tells his travelling companions of his reconnaissance expedition for a Belgian trading company to its most remote outpost in central Africa, which brought him on the trail of the elusive Kurtz, a brilliant idealist gone rogue. His account relates not only the perils he encounters on his quest, but also the deterioration of his state of mind as he is confronted with a world that is hostile and alien to him.

Renowned for its stylistic boldness and dramatic descriptions, Heart of Darkness is a stark yet subtle examination of the powers of the subconscious and the workings of western imperialism.

Fiction

General Subject: Literature/Classics

BISAC Subject 1: Fiction / Action & Adventure

BISAC Subject 2: Fiction / Classics

BISAC Subject 3: Fiction / Action & Adventure

BIC Classification 1: Classic fiction (pre c 1945)

Dewey Classification: 823.912

Readership: General (US: Trade)

Author Bio

Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-born English novelist, whose work, most famously Heart of Darkness, took a cynical view of imperialism when the British Empire was at its apogee.