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Heart of Darkness is something that tends to come up as a literary metaphor for something, and I thought I should read it to understand why. I'm still not entirely convinced, I think I'll keep using Lord of the Flies to reference the savage nature waiting to be unleashed within humanity, rather than the very, very, very dark jungles, and natives waiting to infect us with their savagery. Although to be honest, I don't tend to reference cruel natures being unleashed in situations away from civilis
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Probably my favorite book of all time and strangely enough it took about 3 readings to get a clear idea of the storyline. Not because it's a difficult to follow story but because I became so immersed that afterwords it felt a little bit like a dream, and you know how hard it is to remember your dreams. Never had that kind of experience with a book in my life. The basic story is this, Marlow is given the Captaincy of a stem boat which is to make a journey down a river that goes deep into the Afri
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This book was mentioned in a blog post of the 'Nine Subversive Travel Novels', where author Thomas Kohnstamm 'celebrates fiction that uncovers deeper truths about travel and the world'.
We really own this as a double novel with the secret sharer: Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer ...more
We really own this as a double novel with the secret sharer: Heart of Darkness and The Secret Sharer ...more
I know modernist literature isn't my cup of tea, but this story had so much potential to be exciting and it is a little disappointing. A sailor's story! I love those! I know there are so many important things at work for modernist literature, ama memleketteki balıkçılardan daha ilginç hikayeler dinleyebileceğimden eminim.
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