A darkly provocative novel about the dark side of colonization in Africa The story of the enigmatic Mr. Kurtz and his outpost in the depths of the Congo as told by Charles Marlow is an adventure tale that examines the intent and effects of colonization. It remains one of the most controversial and p[...]
The Nigger of the 'Narcissus': A Tale of the Sea (1897) is a novella by Joseph Conrad. Because of its quality compared to earlier works, some have described it as marking the start of Conrad's major, or middle, period;others have placed it as the best work of his early, or first, period. Plot: The t[...]
Joseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English - and world - literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting life. For the biographer, this is a double-edged sword, however: there are many periods for which documentation is uncommonly difficult. Zdzi[...]
A visionary exploration of the life and times of Joseph Conrad, his turbulent age of globalization and our own, from one of the most exciting young historians writing today Migration, terrorism, the tensions between global capitalism and nationalism, and a communications revolution: these forces sha[...]