Joseph Conrad

Tifon Joseph Conrad

Publisher Marketing: En TIFON (1902) Conrad describe la tempestad salvaje que sufre el Nan-Shan, un vapor que transporta a doscientos culies (trabajadores indigenas) de regreso a China con sus ahorros celosamente guardados. Esto le da pie para un penetrante analisis de comportamientos humanos variados, que van desde la generosidad hasta el envilecimiento. En el capitan MacWhirr, ecuanime y con una confianza casi mistica en la capacidad del hombre para imponerse a las fuerzas de la naturaleza, condensa el autor las virtudes de orden, disciplina y sentido del deber que siempre admiro." Contributor Bio:  Conrad, Joseph Polish author Joseph Conrad is considered to be one of the greatest English-language novelists, a remarkable achievement considering English was not his first language. Conrad s literary works often featured a nautical setting, reflecting the influences of his early career in the Merchant Navy, and his depictions of the struggles of the human spirit in a cold, indifferent world are best exemplified in such seminal works as Heart of Darkness, Lord JimM, The Secret Agent, Nostromo, and Typhoon. Regarded as a forerunner of modernist literature, Conrad s writing style and characters have influenced such distinguished writers as F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ernest Hemingway, William S. Burroughs, Hunter S. Thompson, and George Orwell, among many others. Many of Conrad s novels have been adapted for film, most notably Heart of Darkness, which served as the inspiration and foundation for Francis Ford Coppola s 1979 film Apocalypse Now.