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  • Paperback: 384 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; New Ed edition (23 Feb 1995)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0140185135
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140185133
  • Product Dimensions: 19.3 x 12.7 x 2 cm
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Conrad's aim was 'by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel . . . before all, to make you see' Heart of Darkness, his exploration of European colonialism in Africa and of elusive human values, embodies more profoundly than almost any other modern fiction the difficulty of 'seeing', its relativity and shifting compromise. Portraying a young man's first sea-voyage to the East in Youth, an unenlightened maturity in Heart of Darkness, and the blind old age of Captain Whalley in The End of the Tether, the stories in this volume are united in their theme - the 'Ages of Man' - and in their scepticism. Conrad's vision has influenced twentieth-century writers and artists from T. S. Eliot to Jorge Luis Borges and Werner Herzog, and continues to draw critical fire. In his stimulating introduction John Lyon discusses the links between these three stories, the critiques of Chinua Achebe and Edward Said, and the ebb and flow of Conrad's magnificent narrative art.

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Joseph Conrad (originally Józef Teodor Konrad Nalecz Korzeniowski) was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1896 he settled in Kent, where he produced within fifteen years such modern classics as <I>Youth</I>, <I>Heart of Darkness</I>, <I>Lord Jim</I>, <I>Typhoon</I>, <I>Nostromo</I>, <I>The Secret Agent</I> and <I>Under Western Eyes</I>. He continued to write until his death in 1924.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Superb introduction to Conrad, 17 April 2003
Before going any further I must say that Conrad is usually an acquired taste. Unlike most authors, readers rarely if ever seem to have an indifferent attitude towards him. Anyone who has spent time in the works of Conrad either seems to revere him or pathologically detest him. Personally, I am a member of the former group. Conrad's tales tend to be about subject matter which I find fascinating. Throughout his work he returns time and time again to the themes of the sea, esponiage/subterfuge/diplomacy and most crucially of all, human perceptions of the outside world being used to reflect the inner machinations of the characters.

'Heart of Darkness' is not the easiest book in the world to read as it has little in the way of immediacy or in-your-face action. Rather the short story concentrates on hidden aspects. Most obviously is the hidden rage and madness which seems to permeate all who reside in Africa's Belgian-run Congo. While the land itself is portrayed as a steaming, disease haunted dystopia, it is the characters reaction to this hell on earth which makes the story such a landmark of English Literature.

Mr Kurtz' "The Horror! The Horror" may be a scene stealer par excellence but that is merely the culmination to a the interminable passeage along the river. The savagery and barbarity of the land sees itself reflected in the deteriorating grasp on reality that the protaganists claim. Some modern day critics have suggested that this work is racist, pointing in particular to the extensive use of the word 'nigger' and depications of the savages as little better than animals. While the second criticism is harder to defend, I can scarcely imagine white Englishmen in the very early twentith century to have been too concerned with poilitcally correct terminology. A modern work on characters from the period would just as likely need to use such terms to achieve credulity in the work.

As for the savagery and barbarity, well... essentially that is what the story is all about. Kutz in a 'civilised' city would be far less interesting than the Kurtz hidden away from civilsation in the dark heart of Africa. It is the lack of humanity prevalant on the outer core of Kurtz which makes all too human death throes so apt and shocking.

All in all, a shining example of the power literature can have. A short story that all should read, if only once. More than likely though, you will return for further helpings.

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