{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-joseph-conrad-9780241956809","title":"Heart of Darkness (Joseph Conrad)","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from the sacred fire.'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMarlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal is the troubled European and ivory trader Kurtz. Worshipped and feared by invaders as well as natives, Kurtz has become a godlike figure, his presence pervading the jungle like a thick, obscuring mist. As his boat labours further upstream, closer and closer to Kurtz's extraordinary and terrible domain, so Marlow finds his faith in himself and civilization crumbling.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAutorenportrait\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eJoseph Conrad was born in the Ukraine in 1857 and grew up under Tsarist autocracy. In 1874 Conrad travelled to Marseilles, where he served in French merchant vessels before joining a British ship in 1878 as an apprentice. In 1886 he obtained British nationality. Eight years later he left the sea to devote himself to writing, publishing his first novel, \u003ci\u003eAlmayer's Folly\u003c\/i\u003e, in 1895. The following year he settled in Kent, where he produced \u003ci\u003eThe Nigger of the 'Narcissus'\u003c\/i\u003e (1897),\u003ci\u003e Heart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e (1899)\u003ci\u003e, Lord Jim \u003c\/i\u003e(1900)\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand the political novels\u003ci\u003e Nostromo \u003c\/i\u003e(1904), \u003ci\u003eThe Secret Agent\u003c\/i\u003e (1907) and \u003ci\u003eUnder Western Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e (1911). He continued to write until his death in 1924.\u003c\/div\u003e\u003ch4\u003eWeitere Angaben\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cdiv\u003eBuch (Paperback), Englisch, 112 Seiten\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Weltbild.ch: Bücher \u0026 Outlet","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":65903225209181,"sku":"K053632384","price":10.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0911\/8915\/0045\/files\/5363238400001A.jpg?v=1789220413","url":"https:\/\/weltbild.ch\/products\/heart-of-darkness-joseph-conrad-9780241956809","provider":"Weltbild.ch Bücher \u0026 Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}