Joseph Conrad

Nostromo by Joseph Conrad, Fiction, Literary

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Produktbeschreibung

NOSTROMO is the most anxiously meditated of the longer novels which belong to the period following upon the publication of the TYPHOON volume of short stories. I don't mean to say that I became then conscious of any impending change in my mentality and in my attitude towards the tasks of my writing life. And perhaps there was never any change, except in that mysterious, extraneous thing which has nothing to do with the theories of art; a subtle change in the nature of the inspiration; a phenomenon for which I can not in any way be held responsible. What, however, did cause me some concern was that after finishing the last story of the TYPHOON volume it seemed somehow that there was nothing more in the world to write about. This so strangely negative but disturbing mood lasted some little time; and then, as with many of my longer stories, the first hint for NOSTROMO came to me in the shape of a vagrant anecdote completely destitute of valuable details. . . . -- Joseph Conrad

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wildside Press
• Seitenzahl: 404
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. März 2004
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 653g
• ISBN-13: 9780809594689
• ISBN-10: 0809594684
• Artikelnr.: 21103256

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

Rezensionen

Süddeutsche Zeitung | Besprechung von 13.07.2024

In den Häfen
spuken die Geister
In den Abkürzungen steckt die Moderne. Es gibt noch Segelschiffe, aber das Kommando über die Handelsaktivitäten im Hafen von Sulaco führt die OSN, die Oceanic Steam Navigation Company. Die Dampfschiffe werden von Kapitalströmen umspült. In Joseph Conrads „Nostromo“, 1904 erschienen, klingt der Name des Titelhelden nach Magie, die südamerikanische Republik Costaguana wie erfunden (und ist es auch), und in der Silbermine spuken die Geister der Schatzsucherei. Aber nicht die Geister rumoren, sondern die Befreiungsbewegungen der indigenen Bevölkerung. Die politischen Akteure verbünden sich mit dem Pressewesen. Conrad überführt den Abenteuerroman in die industrielle Welt. In der Abgründigkeit der Figuren steckt deren Kritik. „Geschäftsleute sind oft ebenso lebhaft und einfallsreich wie Liebende.“ Das ist ein Schlüsselsatz.
LOTHAR MÜLLER
Joseph Conrad:
Nostromo. Roman.
Aus dem Englischen
übersetzt von Julian
Haefs und Gisbert
Haefs. Mit einem
Nachwort von Robert
Menasse. Manesse
Verlag, München 2024.
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