Heart of Darkness (Konemann Classics)

By Joseph Conrad

Book Overview

A dark allegorical masterpiece based on the author's own traumatic experiences in the Belgian Congo, recounts the voyage of Marlow up the Congo River in search of the mysterious Mr. Kurtz - a white... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3829030037
• ISBN13: 9783829030038
• Release Date: January 1900
• Publisher: Konemann
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 7.0" x 0.8" x 4.8"

Customer Reviews

A study of man - other stories are a plus

It is well written. The idea of a storyteller in the story is not unique but very effective. We could ponder over the word darkness for quite some time. The best way to ponder is with Cliff's Notes. I wanted him to get on with it. I guess I was a little impatient for the action and the conclusion. If it hadn't been for Cliff Notes, I would have missed half the things he was implying. A merchant company is missing an agent, Kurtz, and Marlowe must find him. Traveling through harsher environments than he imagined possible, he may have found what he was seeking. As with many of this type of epic, the physical distance or direction is not as important as the transformation it plays on one’s soul. I missed this book somehow in school. The reason I started to read this book before I became immersed in it was to see how close it came to the movie. No, not the movie you are thinking of. "Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death" (1988). The film was shot primarily in the avocado groves maintained by the University of California at Riverside (UCR), which the university uses for horticultural experiments. Adrienne Barbeau is Dr. Kurtz. The horror.... the horror... So you will want to see the movie “Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death” (1989) by Adrienne Barbeau as Dr. Kurtz. Or another adaptation, “Apocalypse Now” (1979).