
Nostromo
Edited by Jacques Berthoud and Mara Kalnins
Joseph Conrad(Author)
Oxford University Press
Published on 14. June 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-19-280154-8 (ISBN)
Description
'I have heard no end of tales of his strength, his audacity, his fidelity...incorruptible! It is indeed a name of honour for the Capataz of the Cargadores of Sulaco.' One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo enacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbourtown of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whether its fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled Capataz, is tested to the limit. Conrad's evocation of the great Latin-American landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and individuals swept up in imperial ambitions has never been bettered. This edition offers new insights into Conrad's masterpiece.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Illustrations
one map
Dimensions
Height: 196 mm
Width: 129 mm
Thickness: 22 mm
Weight
341 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-280154-8 (9780192801548)
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