PublishedPenguin Classics, February 2008 |
ISBN9780141441672 |
FormatSoftcover, 192 pages |
Dimensions19.8cm × 12.9cm × 1.1cm |
Published alongisde other Conrad's works, on the 150th anniversary of his death
Heart of Darkness has been considered for most of this century as a literary classic, and also as 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. First appearing as a three-part series in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899, it was soon after published as a novella, in 1902 in the volume Youth- A Narrative; and Two Other Stories.
Mike has been the Boffins storeman forever, it seems. Mike is also a writer of fiction and poetry. His 2 novels Old Jazz and The Music of Dunes were published by Fremantle Press, and are still available on request at Boffins. He has also published short fiction and poetry in various Australian literary journals. His reading tastes are wide, but mostly fiction and biography.
Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness, set in the African Congo, is a masterful account of men away from the comforts of civilization; the conflicts of an almost alien world dominate this novel with an air of deep unease. A deeply satisfying read.
