Nostromo (Dover Thrift Editions)
by:
Joseph Conrad (author)
A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men. Conrad's deep moral consciousness and masterful narrative...
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A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men. Conrad's deep moral consciousness and masterful narrative technique are at their best in this, one of his greatest works.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780486424521 (0486424529)
ASIN: 0486424529
Publish date: 2002-12-31
Publisher: Dover Publications
Pages no: 336
Edition language: English
Category:
Adventure,
Classics,
Novels,
Literature,
European Literature,
British Literature,
Historical Fiction,
Literary Fiction,
20th Century,
English Literature,
Fiction
SPOILERS!!! This is almost a total classic. It's fucking awesome, right up until the very end. And that's unfortunate, because the ending needs to be strong. Something about those last couple chapters...it feels like he wrote them at a different time or something. They don't gel with the rest of...
First impressions after just having finished the book. I think it's a very good book. What stood out most for me was the quality of the writing. I was impressed by this in a way I haven't been impressed in a while. It is extremely dense. There is always the conciousness of the multi-layered who...
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