Heart of Darkness (Vintage Classics) - and Selected Short Fiction

Joseph Conrad

Random House UK

2008

176 páginas

5h 52m

ISBN-10: 0099511541

The silence of the jungle is broken only by the ominous sound of drumming. Life on the river is brutal and unknown threats lurk in the darkness. Marlow’s mission to captain a steamer upriver into the dense interior leads him into conflict with those who inhabit the forest. But his decision to hunt down the mysterious Mr. Kurtz—an ivory trader who is the subject of sinister rumors—leads him into more than just physical peril. The short story Youth, in which Marlow tells of his unlucky experience onboard a ship where the cargo caught fire, is also included.

Resenhas (19)

2.5 (Razoável)

Suspense. É a história de um explorador corrompido pela ganância (ainda que o motivo seja razoável). Tirando a descrição que se faz de Kurtz, nenhum personagem tem muita profundidade. Sem entrar no detalhe da escrita ser bem racista.