The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' -The Mirror of the Sea de Joseph Conrad

The Nigger of the 'Narcissus' -The Mirror of the Sea

Joseph Conrad

en Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 dec 2005

"The Nigger of the Narcissus" tells the story of a Black sailor with tuberculosis whose impending death touches his fellow crewmen in various profound and heart-warming ways. This text, despite its obviously antiquated terminology, is highly recommended for fans of Conrad s work, and would make for a worthy addition to any personal library. Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924) was a Polish-born author. He is considered one of the greatest novelists in the English language, even though he did not have a fluent grasp of the vernacular until he was in his twenties. This book was first published in 1897, and is being republished now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the author."

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Joseph Conrad (3 December 1857 - 3 August 1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Though he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he was a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature Conrad wrote stories and novels, many with a nautical setting, that depict trials of the human spirit in the midst of what he saw as an impassive, inscrutable universe Conrad is considered an early modernist, though his works contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters have influenced numerous authors, and many films have been adapted from, or inspired by, his works. Numerous writers and critics have commented that Conrad's fictional works, written largely in the first two decades of the 20th century, seem to have anticipated later world events. Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew, among other things, on his native Poland's national experiences and on his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world-including imperialism and colonialism-and that profoundly explore the human psyche.