Joseph Conrad
Nostromo
Audio CD
(Blackstone Audio July 1, 2012)
, Unabridged edition
[Read by John Lee]
Brilliant both as literature and as social study, Nostromo ambitiously brings to life the political climate of an underdeveloped Latin American country as it tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration. -- Joseph Conrad's multilayered masterpiece tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration. Conrad convincingly invents an entire country, Costaguana, and sets it afire as warlords compete for power and a fortune in silver. -- Señor Gould, adamant that his silver should not become spoil for his enemies, entrusts it to his faithful longshoreman, Nostromo, a local hero of sorts whom Señor Gould believes to be incorruptible. Nostromo accepts the mission as an opportunity to increase his own fame. But when his exploit fails to win him the rewards he had hoped for, he is consumed by a corrupting resentment.
Brilliant both as literature and as social study, Nostromo ambitiously brings to life the political climate of an underdeveloped Latin American country as it tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration. -- Joseph Conrad's multilayered masterpiece tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration. Conrad convincingly invents an entire country, Costaguana, and sets it afire as warlords compete for power and a fortune in silver. -- Señor Gould, adamant that his silver should not become spoil for his enemies, entrusts it to his faithful longshoreman, Nostromo, a local hero of sorts whom Señor Gould believes to be incorruptible. Nostromo accepts the mission as an opportunity to increase his own fame. But when his exploit fails to win him the rewards he had hoped for, he is consumed by a corrupting resentment.
- ISBN
- 1441750533 / 9781441750532
- Pages
- 1
- Weight
- 12.0 oz.
- Dimensions
- 5.2 x 1.5 in.
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