HEART OF DARKNESS AND THE CONGO DIARY

HEART OF DARKNESS AND THE CONGO DIARY

CONRAD J

ISBN: 9780141441672

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"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".

ISBN Number 9780141441672
Author/s CONRAD J
Format Book
Edition 1ST - 2007
Publisher PENGUIN
Format