{"product_id":"9780141441672","title":"Heart of Darkness","description":"\u003ch3\u003eAuthor:  Conrad, Joseph, Stape, J. H., Hampson, Robert, Knowles, Owen \u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eFiction \u0026amp; related items\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 2 August 2007 by Penguin Books Ltd (Penguin Classics) in the United Kingdom.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaperback | 192 pages\u003cbr\u003e196 x 128 x 12 | 146g\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA haunting Modernist masterpiece and the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's Oscar-winning film Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness explores the limits of human experience and the nightmarish realities of imperialism. Conrad's narrator Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz: dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. Travelling upriver to the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure. Marlow's discovery of how Kurtz has gained his position of power over the local people involves him in a radical questioning, not only of his own nature and values, but also those of western civilisation. Part of a major series of new editions of Conrad's most famous works in Penguin Classics, this volume contains Conrad's Congo Diary, a chronology, further reading, notes, a map of the Congo, a glossary and an introduction discussing the author's experiences in Africa, the narrative and symbolic complexities of Heart of Darkness and critical responses to the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEdited with an introduction by Owen Knowles'Seems to reach into the heart of Conrad himself' Peter Ackroyd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Far From The Madding Crowd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43924970701059,"sku":"9780141441672","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0404\/3207\/4914\/files\/9780141441672_29939609-747d-4119-a4c6-a8eb22295240.jpg?v=1731348445","url":"https:\/\/www.maddingcrowdlinlithgow.com\/products\/9780141441672","provider":"Far From The Madding Crowd","version":"1.0","type":"link"}