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Pocket, Svenska, 2019
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Klassikern Mörkrets hjärta finns här i nyöversättning av Einar Heckscher. I denna utgåva finns också mycket extramaterial.
Joseph Conrads roman har inspirerat många. I en oförglömlig vietnamfilm Apocalyps Now spelas den demoniske diktatorn Kurtz i djungelns inre av Marlon Brando. I denna boks extramaterial ingår också novellen Pionjärerna. Där finns också brev skrivna av Joseph Conrad då han själv var sjökapten i Kongo och en essä av Gunnar Fredriksson.
Sjöfararen Marlow var sjökapten på flodångaren som rörde sig långsamt uppför den ormlika floden mot den belgiska handelsstationen längst bort, längst in, i centrum av mörkrets hjärta. På världskartan av detta okända trakter för européer, en bit av djungeln som Bolaget bit för bit erövrat. Här, i mörkrets hjärta, härskade elfenbensjägaren mr Kurtz oinskränkt, sped skräck och död omkring sig. Kurtz var mer framgångsrik än alla Bolagets andra elfenbensjägare tillsammans.
Joseph Conrad, denna polskfödde författare, var 32 år då han 1889 gav ut sin första bok. Mörkrets hjärta kom första gången ut i England 1902. I Sverige dröjde det ända till 1949 innan romanen publicerades. Einar Heckschers översättning är den tredje i ordningen på svenska. Joseph Conrad besökte Afrika en gång i sitt liv. Denna resa resulterade i en roman och en novell, Pionjärerna.
Sveriges främsta Conradkännare Gunnar Fredriksson har skrivit biografin I Joseph Conrads farvatten (1982). Nu har han läst Mörkrets hjärta igen och skrivit ett långt efterord. Där pekar han på den stora betydelse som Mörkrets hjärta haft, att det är stor litteratur som är kritisk mot kolonialismen och att den klassiska romanen ständigt lockar till sig nya läsare. I efterordet skriver Gunnar Fredriksson om berättaren sjökapten Marlow och hur poetisk romanen är: "Den lilla hjulångaren kryper uppför floden genom ett landskap med väldiga träd, 'som en slö skalbagge krypande på golvet i en högrest pelargång', och Marlow föreställer sig ett besök i urtiden, 'i de första tidsåldrarnas mörker', eller ett nedstigande i dödsriket.."
Häftad, Engelska, 2010
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HarperCollins is proud to present our range of timeless literary classics.‘The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.’At the peak of European Imperialism, steamboat captain Charles Marlow travels deep into the African Congo on his way to relieve the elusive Mr Kurtz, an ivory trader renowned for his fearsome reputation. On his journey into the unknown Marlow takes a terrifying trip into his own subconscious, overwhelmed by his menacing, perilous and horrifying surroundings.The landscape and the people he meets force him to reflect on human nature and society, and in turn Conrad writes revealingly about the dangers of imperialism.
Pocket, Svenska, 2022
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Joseph Conrads roman Mörkrets hjärta i nyöversättning och med efterord av Christian Ekvall. Mörkrets hjärta är en av världslitteraturens mest lästa och beundrade romaner, en evig modern klassiker. Decennium efter decennium känns den lika smärtsamt aktuell. Berättelsen är till synes enkel, det handlar om Charlie Marlow som reser uppför Kongofloden för att försöka finna den beryktade herr Kurtz. Om Kurtz sägs att han och hans mannar levererar mer elfenben än någon annan, i övrigt är allt som har med denne mystiske man att göra höljt i dunkel. Tills Marlow lyfter slöja efter slöja... ”Inte minsta lilla ljud hördes. Man såg sig häpet omkring och undrade om man var döv, sedan kom plötsligt natten och gjorde en blind dessutom. Vid tretiden på morgonen hoppade en stor fisk och åstadkom ett plask som fick mig att sätta mig upp lika snabbt som om en kanon hade avfyrats. När solen gick upp kom en vit dimma, mycket varm och klibbig och mer förblindande än natten. Den varken skingrades eller drev utan låg bara där överallt omkring oss som om den hade antagit fast form. Vid åtta eller nio lyfte den som en persienn.” Romanen om Marlows makliga färd uppför Kongofloden allt djupare in i mörkrets hjärta känns lika sann ända in på skinnet som den är galen och absurd. Kurtz blir representanten för det oändliga vita övervåldet och allas ofrånkomliga självförbränning, ”Jag väntade på att vildmarken skulle brista ut i gapskratt som fick fixstjärnorna att skaka i sina fästen. Allting tillhörde honom, men det var inte viktigt.” Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) föddes i en ukrainsk provins i Polen av polska föräldrar. Efter att ha arbetat som sjökapten debuterade han som författare vid 38 års ålder, inte på sitt modersmål utan på engelska. Han blev en av den engelskspråkiga litteraturens stora. Mörkrets hjärta är ett av hans viktigaste verk. Boken har filmatiserats fyra gånger, den mest kända versionen är Francis Ford Coppolas Apokalypse Now från 1979 som flyttat handlingen från Kongo till Vietnam och Kambodja. Inspelningen blev av olika skäl kaotisk och präglades av samma kaos och storhetsvansinne som skulle skildras och filmen fångar på kornet den groteska ironi som genomsyrar romanen.
Inbunden, Svenska, 2006
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Klassikern Mörkrets hjärta finns här med mycket extramaterial. Joseph Conrads roman har inspirerat många. I en oförglömlig vietnamfilm Apocalyps Now spelas den demoniske diktatorn Kurtz i djungelns inre av Marlon Brando. I denna utgåva ingår också novellen Pionjärerna. Där finns också brev skrivna av Joseph Conrad då han själv var sjökapten i Kongo och en essä av Gunnar Fredriksson. Plus foton från verklighetens flodångare.
Sjöfararen Marlow var sjökapten på flodångaren som rörde sig långsamt uppför den ormlika floden mot den belgiska handelsstationen längst bort, längst in, i centrum av mörkrets hjärta. På världskartan av detta okända trakter för européer, en bit av djungeln som Bolaget bit för bit erövrat. Här, i mörkrets hjärta, härskade elfenbensjägaren mr Kurtz oinskränkt, sped skräck och död omkring sig. Kurtz var mer framgångsrik än alla Bolagets andra elfenbensjägare tillsammans.
Joseph Conrad, denna polskfödde författare, var 32 år då han 1889 gav ut sin första bok. Mörkrets hjärta kom första gången ut i England 1902. I Sverige dröjde det ända till 1949 innan romanen publicerades. Einar Heckschers översättning är den tredje i ordningen på svenska. Joseph Conrad besökte Afrika en gång i sitt liv. Denna resa resulterade i en roman och en novell, Pionjärerna.
Sveriges främsta Conradkännare Gunnar Fredriksson har skrivit biografin I Joseph Conrads farvatten (1982). Nu har han läst Mörkrets hjärta igen och skrivit ett långt efterord. Där pekar han på den stora betydelse som Mörkrets hjärta haft, att det är stor litteratur som är kritisk mot kolonialismen och att den klassiska romanen ständigt lockar till sig nya läsare. I efterordet skriver Gunnar Fredriksson om berättaren sjökapten Marlow och hur poetisk romanen är: "Den lilla hjulångaren kryper uppför floden genom ett landskap med väldiga träd, 'som en slö skalbagge krypande på golvet i en högrest pelargång', och Marlow föreställer sig ett besök i urtiden, 'i de första tidsåldrarnas mörker', eller ett nedstigande i dödsriket.."
Inbunden, Svenska, 2018
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Joseph Conrad såg den europeiska exploateringen av Kongo med egna ögon: Han skickades en gång själv uppför Kongofloden, för att leta upp en landsman på en handelsstation djupt inne i landet - även om denne man inte hette Kurtz. Resans mål och gåta har kommit att bli synonyma med detta namn, en av vår tids mest oförglömliga fiktiva gestalter, förkroppsligad av Marlon Brando i Francis Ford Coppolas filmatisering av Conrads roman.Mörkrets hjärta brukar kallas den bästa korta roman som skrivits på engelska. Boken utgör en brygga mellan 1800-talet och modernismen, en äventyrsberättelse som närmar sig den mångtydiga naturen hos teman som sanning, moral och ondska, filtrerad genom en röst vars pålitlighet som uttolkare av händelseförloppet blir en öppen fråga för läsaren.Här i svensk översättning av Margaretha Odelberg.JOSEPH CONRAD [1857-1924] föddes i ryska Ukraina av polska föräldrar, gick till sjöss som sjuttonåring och slutade som kapten i engelska handelsflottan. Efter en svår febersjukdom bosatte han sig i England och började skriva romaner. Hans mest berömda verk är kortromanen Mörkrets hjärta [Heart of Darkness, 1899].
Inbunden, Engelska, 2024
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Joseph Conrad's haunting Modernist masterpiece, now in the beautifully designed Penguin Clothbound Classics seriesHeart 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.
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
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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 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's Congo 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 of Heart of Darkness and critical responses to the novel.Edited with an introduction by Owen Knowles'Seems to reach into the heart of Conrad himself' Peter Ackroyd
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
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Häftad, Svenska, 2019
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Kapten Macwhirr är en ångbåtskapten som har rykte om sig att vara en stadig men fantasilös och man. Han hade aldrig kunnat tro att någon storm hade kunnat utgöra ett hot för hans mäktiga skepp, så även om alla tecken tyder på osäkert väder längre fram är han ovillig att ändra kurs något som kan visa sig bli ett ödesdigert beslut. -
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
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'Whenever two Russians come together, the shadow of autocracy is with them...haunting the secret of their silences.'First published in 1911, Under Western Eyes traces the experiences of Razumov, a young Russian student of philosophy who is uninvolved in politics or protest. Against his will he finds himself caught up in the aftermath of a terrorist bombing directed against the Tsarist authorities. He is pulled in different directions - by his conscience and his ambitions, by powerful opposed political forces, but most of all by personal emotions he is unable to suppress. Set in St Petersburg and Geneva, the novel is in part a critical response to Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment but it is also a startlingly modern book. Viewed through the 'Western eyes' of Conrad's English narrator, Razumov's story forces the reader to confront the same moral issues: the defensibility of terrorist resistance to tyranny, the loss of individual privacy in a surveillance society, and the demands thrown up by the interplay of power and knowledge.This new edition is based on the first English edition text, and has a new chronology and bibliography. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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Nostromo
Häftad, Svenska, 2014
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Nostromo är en av Joseph Conrads märkligaste romaner, och räknas som ett av den gryende modernismens viktigaste verk. Den utkom 1904, under Conrads mest produktiva fas, då han nyligen lagt både Lord Jim och Mörkrets hjärta bakom sig. Handlingen utspelar sig i den fiktiva latinamerikanska republiken Costaguana där politiskt kaos råder. Señor Gould äger en silverskatt som han inte vill ska falla i revolutionärernas händer och därför lämnar över till sin tjänare Nostromo.Berättelsen om hur skatten förvaltas ger Conrad möjlighet att föra fram sin skepsis inför utvecklingstanken och kasta ljus över ett postkolonialt samhälles sätt att förhandla med global kapitalism. Conrad visar också upp ett intresse för det mänskliga psykets komplexitet och opålitlighet, som pekar fram mot senare författarskap som James Joyces och Ezra Pounds.I översättning av Sten Söderberg och med ett nyskrivet förord av Moa Matthis.
Inbunden, Engelska, 1993
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In a novella which remains highly controversial to this day, Conrad explores the relations between Africa and Europe. On the surface, this is a horrifying tale of colonial exploitation. The narrator, Marlowe journeys on business deep into the heart of Africa. But there he encounters Kurtz, an idealist apparently crazed and depraved by his power over the natives, and the meeting prompts Marlowe to reflect on the darkness at the heart of all men. This short but complex and often ambiguous story, which has been the basis of several films and plays, continues to provoke interpretation and discussion.
Häftad, Engelska, 2000
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Dark allegory describes the narrator's journey up the Congo River and his meeting with, and fascination by, Mr. Kurtz, a mysterious personage who dominates the unruly inhabitants of the region. Masterly blend of adventure, character development, psychological penetration. Considered by many Conrad's finest, most enigmatic story.
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
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Nostromo, published in 1904, is one of Conrad's finest works. Nostromo -- though one hundred years old -- says as much about today's Latin America as any of the finest recent accounts of that region's turbulent political life. Insistently dramatic in its storytelling, spectacular in its recreation of the subtropical landscape, this picture of an insurrectionary society and the opportunities it provides for moral corruption gleams on every page with its author's dry, undeceived, impeccable intelligence.
Häftad, Svenska, 1998
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I dessa två essäer om Titanic är det en något annorlunda Joseph Conrad än roman- och novellförfattaren som läsaren möter. Analysen är visserligen lika saklig, skarp och välformulerad som annars, men här framträder också en Conrad som öppet visar sitt humör och sin ilska. I sin kritik av konstruktörer, av ledningen för ägarföretaget White Star Line och kompetensen hos vissa av de i sjöförhören inblandade, upprörs Conrad av vad han uppfattar som en hop krämare och dilettanter som prioriterar kapitalintressena framför passagerarnas säkerhet. Att Titanic gick till botten är, i Conrads ögon, en logisk konsekvens av en från början felplanerad projektering.
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
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In these four stories, written between 1900 and 1902, Joseph Conrad bid gradual farewell to his adventurous life at sea and began to confront the more daunting complexities of life on land in the twentieth century. In 'Typhoon' Conrad reveals, in the steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain and the imaginative readiness of his young first mate, the differences between instinct and intelligence in a partnership vital to human survival. 'Falk', the companion sea-story, contrasts, as Conrad once put it, 'common sentimentalism with the frank standpoint of a more or less primitive man', a man with a conscience, however, about the girl he desires. In one of the 'land-stories' Conrad explores the utter isolation of an East European emigrant in England; in the other, the plight of a woman ironically trapped by the unwitting alliance of two retired widowers - each blind in his own way.
Häftad, Engelska, 2017
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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.’When Charles Marlow agrees to captain a steamer up the Congo in search of the elusive ivory trader Mr Kurtz, it becomes a terrifying journey into both the unknown and his own subconscious. As he travels deeper and deeper into the dense jungle, he begins to sense the presence of this extraordinary and terrible man, and to question the horrifying realities of European imperialism and of human nature itself.Originally published as a three-part story in 1899, Conrad’s masterpiece has inspired many further works, including Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now, and remains a thought-provoking text to this day.
Häftad, Engelska, 2021
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Exam board: EdexcelLevel & Subject: AS and A Level English LiteratureFirst teaching: September 2015Next exams: 2026This edition of Heart of Darkness provides depth and context for A Level students, with the complete novel in an easy to read format, and a detailed introduction and bespoke glossary written by an experienced A Level teacher with academic expertise in the area.· Affordable high quality complete text of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness· Perfectly pitched introductions provide the depth and demand required by AS and A Level English· Explore the contemporary context, Conrad’s writing, the novel’s critical reception and subsequent interpretations for a deeper reading of the text· Expand your further reading with a list of key articles and critical and theoretical texts· Improve your understanding of the novel with unfamiliar concepts and culturally-specific terms defined in the glossary
Häftad, Engelska, 2024
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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.‘The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.’At the peak of European Imperialism, steamboat captain Charles Marlow travels deep into the African Congo on his way to relieve the elusive Mr Kurtz, an ivory trader renowned for his fearsome reputation. On his journey into the unknown Marlow takes a terrifying trip into his own subconscious, overwhelmed by his menacing, perilous and horrifying surroundings.The landscape and the people he meets force him to reflect on human nature and society, and in turn Conrad writes revealingly about the dangers of imperialism.
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
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‘Spookily topical’ GuardianRead the world’s first political thriller.London is under threat. It has become a haven for political exiles and anarchists. Frequent bomb threats and disturbances interrupt the lives of the city's inhabitants, who live in fear of the terrorists in their midst. One such terrorist is Verloc. He is the secret agent who is given the mission to strike right at the heart of London's pride by blowing up Greenwich Observatory. But his decision to drag his innocent family into the plot leads to tragic consequences on a more personal than political level.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY GILES FODEN
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY TIM BUTCHERThe silence of the jungle is broken only by the ominous sound of drumming. Life on the river is brutal and unknown threats lurk in the darkness. Marlow's mission to captain a steamer upriver into the dense interior leads him into conflict with the others who haunt the forest. But his decision to hunt down the mysterious Mr Kurtz, an ivory trader who is the subject of sinister rumours, leads him into more than just physical peril.
Häftad, Engelska, 1990
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A young and inexperienced sea captain finds that his first command leaves him with a ship stranded in tropical seas and a crew smitten with fever. As he wrestles with his conscience and with the increasing sense of isolation that he experiences, the captain crosses the ‘shadow-line’ between youth and adulthood. In many ways an autobiographical narrative, Conrad's novella was written at the start of the Great War when his son Borys was at the Western Front, and can be seen as an attempt to open humanity’s eyes to the qualities needed to face evil and destruction.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
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The Penguin English Library Edition of The Secret Agent by Joseph Conrad'Madness and despair! Give me that for a lever, and I'll move the world'In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verlac must deal with the repercussions of his actions.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction written in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels, to the beginning of the First World War.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
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The Penguin English Library Edition of Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad'The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, rage - who can tell? - but truth - truth stripped of its cloak of time. Let the fool gape and shudder - the man knows, and can look on without a wink'Marlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading the jungle like a thick, obscuring mist. As his boat labours further upstream, closer and closer to Kurtz's extraordinary and terrible domain, so Marlow finds his faith in himself and civilization crumbling. Conrad's Heart of Darkness has been considered the most important indictment of the evils of imperialism written to date.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
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The Secret Agent is Joseph Conrad's dark satire on English society, edited with an introduction and notes by Michael Newton in Penguin Classics.In the only novel Conrad set in London, The Secret Agent communicates a profoundly ironic view of human affairs. The story is woven around an attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894 masterminded by Verloc, a Russian spy working for the police, and ostensibly a member of an anarchist group in Soho. His masters instruct him to discredit the anarchists in a humiliating fashion, and when his evil plan goes horribly awry, Verloc must deal with the repercussions of his actions. While rooted in the Edwardian period, Conrad's tale remains strikingly contemporary, with its depiction of Londoners gripped by fear of the terrorists living in their midst. This edition of The Secret Agent contains a chronology, further reading, notes and maps of London and Greenwich. In his introduction, Michael Newton discusses London's real-life world of political anarchy, and Conrad's portrayal of the Verlocs' marriage.Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was born in the Ukraine and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. After spending years in the French, and later the British Merchant Navy, Conrad left the sea to devote himself to writing. In 1896 he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as Youth, Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, Typhoon, Nostromo, The Secret Agent and Under Western Eyes.If you enjoyed The Secret Agent, you might like Fyodor Dostoyevsky's Demons, also available in Penguin Classics.'A brilliant book, one of the greatest works of modern irony'Malcolm Bradbury
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
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This compact novel, completed in 1900, as with so many of the great novels of the time, is at its baseline a book of the sea. An English boy in a simple town has dreams bigger than the outdoors and embarks at an early age into the sailor's life. The waters he travels reward him with the ability to explore the human spirit, while Joseph Conrad launches the story into both an exercise of his technical prowess and a delicately crafted picture of a character who reaches the status of a literary hero.
Häftad, Engelska, 2007
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'It was I who removed de P- this morning.' With these chilling words Victor Haldin shatters the solitary, industrious existence of Razumov, his fellow student at St Petersburg University. Razumov aims to overcome the denial of his noble birth by a brilliant career in the tsarist bureaucracy created by Peter the Great. But in pre-revolutionary Russia Peter's legacy is autocracy tempered by assassination; and Razumov is soon caught in a tragic web with Haldin's trustful sister Natalia in spy-haunted Geneva. Their fateful story is told by an elderly Englishman who loves Natalia but plays his part of a 'dense Westerner' to the end.
Häftad, Engelska, 2008
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A great novelist of the sea, a poet of the tropics, a critic of empire and analyst of globalization, a harbinger of the modern spy novel, and an unparalleled observer of the moments in which people are stripped of their illusions, Joseph Conrad is one of the greatest writers of the twentieth century. This revised edition of "The Portable Conrad" features the best known and most enduring of Conrad's works, including "The Secret Agent", "Heart of Darkness", and "The Nigger of the "Narcissus"", as well as shorter tales like "Amy Forster" and "The Secret Sharer", a selection of letters, and his observations on the sinking of the Titanic.
Häftad, Engelska, 2012
199 kr
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'The mind of man is capable of anything - because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, rage - who can tell? - but truth - truth stripped of its cloak of time. Let the fool gape and shudder - the man knows, and can look on without a wink'Marlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading the jungle like a thick, obscuring mist. As his boat labours further upstream, closer and closer to Kurtz's extraordinary and terrible domain, so Marlow finds his faith in himself and civilization crumbling. Conrad's Heart of Darkness has been considered the most important indictment of the evils of imperialism written to date.
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
122 kr
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'(Conrad) thought of civilised and morally tolerable human life as a dangerous walk on a thin crust of barely cooled lava which at any moment might break and let the unwary sink into fiery depths' - Bertrand RussellThis selection of four tales by Conrad is about radical insecurity: lone human beings involuntarily forced into confrontation with a terrifying universe in which they can never be wholly at home. It leads with 'The End of the Tether' and includes also ' The Duel', ' The Return', and 'Amy Foster' - Sailor, Soldier, Rich Man, Immigrant. These powerful shorter works remind readers that Conrad is not just the teller of sea stories and tales of imperialist action, and not only the author of the ubiquitous 'Heart of Darkness'. This is the Conrad who is master of the terror element - global crisis, individual test, and personal trauma - in modern literature.For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.