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I capolavori di Joseph Conrad
«È impossibile comunicare la sensazione della vita di un qualsiasi momento della propria esistenza, ciò che rende la sua verità, il suo significato, la sua essenza sottile e penetrante. È impossibile. Viviamo come soli». (Joseph Conrad, Cuore di tenebra) La raccolta comprende i Al limite estremo, Cuore di tenebra, La follia di Almayer, La linea d'ombra, Lord Jim.
929 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 2003
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Joseph Conrad
3,094 books4,855 followersJoseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and, although he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings, that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable, and amoral world.
Conrad is considered a literary impressionist by some and an early modernist by others, though his works also contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters, as in Lord Jim, for example, have influenced numerous authors. Many dramatic films have been adapted from and inspired by his works. Numerous writers and critics have commented that his fictional works, written largely in the first two decades of the 20th century, seem to have anticipated later world events.
Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew on the national experiences of his native Poland—during nearly all his life, parceled out among three occupying empires—and on 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.
Conrad is considered a literary impressionist by some and an early modernist by others, though his works also contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters, as in Lord Jim, for example, have influenced numerous authors. Many dramatic films have been adapted from and inspired by his works. Numerous writers and critics have commented that his fictional works, written largely in the first two decades of the 20th century, seem to have anticipated later world events.
Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew on the national experiences of his native Poland—during nearly all his life, parceled out among three occupying empires—and on 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.
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May 2, 2011Tifone: L'uomo, la natura, la natura dell'uomo.
Sì, è un romanzo d'avventura, ma è la storia dell'avventura dell'uomo, ed è la narrazione delle scelte che gli uomini prendono fra i marosi dell'esistenza.
I primi piani sul capitano Mac Whirr, su Rout, su Jukes, sul secondo, sui macchinisti e sui coolies restituiscono, impetuosi, la guerra dei venti che compone un tifone emotivo. Immagini potenti e profondissime e illuminanti.
Il finale con le tre lettere è geniale.
Conrad non scrive mai facile e non è mai scorrevole: ma ne vale sempre la pena.
Sì, è un romanzo d'avventura, ma è la storia dell'avventura dell'uomo, ed è la narrazione delle scelte che gli uomini prendono fra i marosi dell'esistenza.
I primi piani sul capitano Mac Whirr, su Rout, su Jukes, sul secondo, sui macchinisti e sui coolies restituiscono, impetuosi, la guerra dei venti che compone un tifone emotivo. Immagini potenti e profondissime e illuminanti.
Il finale con le tre lettere è geniale.
Conrad non scrive mai facile e non è mai scorrevole: ma ne vale sempre la pena.
"Il capitano mi ha detto l'altro giorno: «Ci sono cose che non si trovano nei libri». Trattandosi di un uomo così ottuso, mi sembra se la sia cavata anche troppo bene".
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