Joseph Conrad – Heart of Darkness – Poche

"Herz der Finsternis" beschreibt die letzte Reise Joseph Conrads, die er ins Innere Afrikas unternahm, ein Abenteuer, das ums Haar tödlich ausgegangen wäre. "Es ist der Bericht eines im wachen Leben erlittenen Albs, den Conrad nur mit Glück und für sein restliches Leben angeschlagen überstand." Urs Widmer Joseph Conrad's enduring portrait of the ugliness of colonialism. Nominated as one of America s best-loved novels by PBS s The Great American Read Heart of Darkness is the thrilling tale of Marlow, a seaman and wanderer recounting his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz. Traveling upriver into the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure. Marlow's 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 of those that underpin Western civilization itself. This edition also includes C