Joseph Conrad

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Produktbeschreibung

1874. À Marseille, Monsieur George - ou le jeune Joseph Conrad - a tout juste 17 ans. Il admire Mills qui lui fait rencontrer doña Rita, une égérie du mouvement carliste espagnol. Profondément séduisante, elle fait l'admiration de tous les hommes. Entraîné par Mills mais surtout par goût de l'aventure et de la mer, il entreprend, avec son ami Dominique, de livrer en contrebande des armes en Espagne. Et doña Rita le fascine...

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Prodinnova
• Seitenzahl: 282
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Februar 2023
• Französisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 462g
• ISBN-13: 9783988810175
• ISBN-10: 3988810177
• Artikelnr.: 67531204

Autorenporträt

Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He joined the British merchant marine in 1878, and was granted British citizenship in 1886. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of an impassive, inscrutable universe. Conrad is considered an early modernist, though his works still contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced numerous authors and many films have been adapted from, or inspired by, his works. Writing in the heyday of the British Empire, Conrad drew on his native Poland's national experiences and his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world-including imperialism and colonialism-and that profoundly explore the human psyche.

Foto: George Charles Beresford