NostromoBroadview Press, 1997 M04 30 - 453 páginas Nostromo, first published in 1904, is arguably Conrad’s greatest and most complex novel. A compelling adventure story, it is also a novel of profound psychological insight and of powerful political implications. It tells the story of a Central American state whose silver mine serves both literally and metaphorically as the source of the country‘s value. Written at the time of the development of the Panama Canal, Nostromo is set in the imaginary province of Sulaco, which secedes from the federation of Costaguana in order to protect its natural resource, the silver mine. The parallels with the ‘revolution’ fomented in Panama by the United States in 1903 are striking; just as Panama seceded from Columbia to satisfy the material interests of the canal builders, so the secession of Sulaco serves the material interests of ‘the Gould concession.’ In this edition a variety of documents from the period (including material concerning American involvement in Central America in the early twentieth century, early critical notices, and family letters of Conrad’s) help to set the text in context. |
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... Nostromo stopped again . Silent in inhospitable darkness , the Casa Viola seemed to have changed its nature ; his home appeared to repel him with an air of hopeless and inimical mystery . The doctor said " You will be safe there . Go in ...
... Nostromo the very reverse has happened ; Mr. Conrad has written and written his five hundred pages , only to discover that it was in essence a short story after all . In the result the book is rather like one of those modern scenic ...
... Nostromo , a tale of the seaboard of Central America , Mr. Con- rad has achieved something which is not in the power of any Eng- lish contemporary novelist to touch . His genius , that rose to the consummate art of ' The Heart of ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Text | 38 |
Selected Reviews | 499 |
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