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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... standing motionless like a tall beacon amongst the deserted shoals of furniture . " Good - night , I am going . Got my bike downstairs . The rail- way will know where to go for dynamite should we get short at any time . We have done ...
... standing open , and deserted by all the servants except an old negro at the gate . He remembered the Casa Gould on his last visit , the arguments , the tones of his voice , the impenetrable atti- tude of Charles , Mrs. Gould's face so ...
... standing on the after - hatch with the rope already round his neck , escaped being riddled through and through like a sieve . He told me since that he had given himself up for lost , and kept on yelling with all the strength of his ...
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Introduction | 7 |
A Note on the Text | 38 |
Selected Reviews | 499 |
Derechos de autor | |
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