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by Joseph Conrad (Author), Eduardo Jordà (Translator)

Joseph Conrad, una de las cotas más altas de la literatura universal.


100 aniversario de la muerte del autor.


Joseph Conrad (Berdichev, Ucrania, 1857 - Canterbury, Inglaterra, 1924) abandonó la navegación a los treinta y siete años tras veinte de servicio en la marina mercante, se asentó en Inglaterra y empezó a escribir en inglés (su tercera lengua después del polaco y del francés).


Esta selección de cuentos incorpora algunas de sus piezas más valiosas. Una avanzadilla del progreso y La laguna , escritos en 1896, pertenecen a su primera época. En el primero, Conrad hace un retrato hilarante --y trágico-- de la empresa colonizadora belga, que dos años más tarde ampliaría en El corazón de las tinieblas. La laguna está ambientada en la isla de Borneo y consigue recrear con una maestría admirable el paisaje --tanto físico como moral-- de la vida en los trópicos. Il Conde (1906), situada en Nápoles, surgió del encuentro con un viejo aristócrata polaco y explora el complejo tema de las mentiras con las que nos engañamos a nosotros mismos a causa de la respetabilidad. Y La historia (1916), inspirada por las experiencias del autor durante la Primera Guerra Mundial, plantea una reflexión moral que convierte este relato en uno de los más profundos que se han escrito sobre los límites de la responsabilidad individual en medio de una guerra.


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Joseph Conrad, One of the Greatest Figures in World Literature


100th Anniversary of the Author's Death


Joseph Conrad (Berdichev, Ukraine, 1857 - Canterbury, England, 1924) left his seafaring life at thirty-seven after twenty years in the merchant navy. He settled in England and began writing in English (his third language after Polish and French).


This selection of stories includes some of his most valuable pieces. "An Outpost of Progress" and "The Lagoon," written in 1896, belong to his early period. In the former, Conrad offers a hilarious--and tragic--portrait of the Belgian colonial enterprise, which he expanded two years later in Heart of Darkness. "The Lagoon" is set in Borneo and masterfully recreates the physical and moral landscape of life in the tropics. "Il Conde" (1906), set in Naples, emerged from his encounter with an old Polish aristocrat and explores the complex theme of the lies we tell ourselves for the sake of respectability. And "The Tale" (1916), inspired by the author's experiences during World War I, offers a moral reflection that makes this story one of the deepest ever written about the limits of individual responsibility in the midst of war.

Number of Pages: 144
Dimensions: 0.4 x 7.3 x 4.8 IN
Publication Date: November 19, 2024

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