Joseph Conrad

Heart of Darkness (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Joseph Conrad's searing tale of one of the strangest and most memorable journeys ever takenQuite simply the scariest book ever written, this is a searing tale of one of the strangest and most memorable journeys ever undertaken - to the heart of a geographical and psychological wilderness from which no-one returns unscarred. For this isn't simply a journey up an uncharted river into a geographical wilderness; rather, it's a trip deep into our collective subconscious. This story - about what happens when so-called "e;civilized"e; human beings go off the rails - was the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's movie "e;Apocalypse Now"e;.Conrad himself had undertaken such a river journey as a ship's captain back in 1889 when he was in his early 30's and before he took to writing full time. Back then, the Congo Free State, as this area of Africa was known, was a Belgian colony under the personal control of King Leopold II. Atrocities were commonplace, to the point where the international community finally had to sit up and take notice; in a report published in 1904, over 3 million people were said to have died as a direct result of European intervention in the area.It has long been argued whether "e;Heart of Darkness"e;, which first appeared in 1902, was in any way influential in bringing Leopold's violent regime to the public's attention; but whether or not, it remains a searing indictment of human rapacity - and depravity.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Content
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2014
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781908807113
• Artikelnr.: 39448446

Autorenporträt

Paul Kent is a Londoner by birth and inclination. His childhood was spent in Blackpool, where he was educated, before gaining a place at St. Catherine's College Oxford to read English, and later American literature. He did not quite complete his doctoral thesis, being lured away by the BBC a few weeks prior to submission. He stayed with the Corporation for 12 years, as Producer and Commissioning Editor with the World Service and Radio 4. As Programme Director of Oneword Radio, he steered the digital station to two Sony Gold awards, then gave it all up to travel the world. He currently earns his crust as a freelance writer, script editor and radio producer.

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