Heart of Darkness - Penguin Classics
Joseph Conrad, Owen Knowles, Robert Hampson
Paperback (02 Aug 2007)


Categories: Contemporary Fiction Classic Books & Novels Historical Fiction


Description
A haunting Modernist masterpiece and the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppolas Oscar-winning film Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness explores the limits of human experience and the nightmarish realities of imperialism.

Conrads narrator Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz: dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. Travelling upriver to the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure. Marlows discovery of how Kurtz has gained his position of power over the local people involves him in a radical questioning, not only of his own nature and values, but also those of western civilisation.

Part of a major series of new editions of Conrads most famous works in Penguin Classics, this volume contains Conrads Congo Diary, a chronology, further reading, notes, a map of the Congo, a glossary and an introduction discussing the authors experiences in Africa, the narrative and symbolic complexities of Heart of Darkness and critical responses to the novel.

Edited with an introduction by Owen Knowles

Seems to reach into the heart of Conrad himself Peter Ackroyd


Product details

Format Paperback | 192 pages
Dimensions 129 x 198 x 11mm | 145g
Publication date 01 Dec 2007
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint Penguin Classics
Publication City/Country London, United Kingdom
Language English
Edition Statement Rev. ed.
ISBN10 0141441674
ISBN13 9780141441672
Bestsellers rank 68,601