Joseph Conrad: Nostromo
Nostromo
Buch
- A Tale of the Seaboard
- Herausgeber: Jacques Berthoud, Mara Kalnins
- Oxford University Press, 08/2009
- Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-13: 9780199555918
- Bestellnummer: 5231584
- Umfang: 496 Seiten
- Auflage: Reiss.
- Copyright-Jahr: 2009
- Gewicht: 340 g
- Maße: 194 x 129 mm
- Stärke: 18 mm
- Erscheinungstermin: 27.8.2009
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'I have heard no end of tales of his strength, his audacity, his fidelity...incorruptible! It is indeed a name of honour for the Capataz of the Cargadores of Sulaco.'One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo enacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbourtown of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whether its fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into
the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled Capataz, is tested to the limit.
Conrad's evocation of the great Latin-American landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and individuals swept up in imperial ambitions has never been bettered. This edition offers new insights into Conrad's masterpiece.
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One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo enacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. This edition offers new insights into Conrad's masterpiece.Biografie (Joseph Conrad)
Joseph Conrad, geb. 1857 in der Ukraine, war Sohn polnischer Landadliger. Ab dem siebzehnten Lebensjahr fuhr er für französische und englische Handelsgesellschaften zur See, Erwerb des Kapitänspatents zwölf Jahre später, 1884 Annahme der englischen Staatsbürgerschaft. Zahlreiche Roman-Veröffentlichungen. Der Autor verstarb 1924 in England.Biografie (Mara Kalnins)
Mara Kalnins is Fellow in English at Corpus Christi College and Staff Tutor in Literature at the University of Cambridge Institute of Continuing Education.Mehr von Joseph Conrad
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