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Cuentos de Joseph Conrad / Short Stories of Joseph Conrad

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Cuentos de Joseph Conrad / Short Stories of Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad, una de las cotas m?s altas de la literatura universal.


100 aniversario de la muerte del autor.


Joseph Conrad (Berdichev, Ucrania, 1857 - Canterbury, Inglaterra, 1924) abandon? la navegaci?n a los treinta y siete a?os tras veinte de servicio en la marina mercante, se asent? en Inglaterra y empez? a escribir en ingl?s (su tercera lengua despu?s del polaco y del franc?s).


Esta selecci?n de cuentos incorpora algunas de sus piezas m?s valiosas. Una avanzadilla del progreso y La laguna , escritos en 1896, pertenecen a su primera ?poca. En el primero, Conrad hace un retrato hilarante --y tr?gico-- de la empresa colonizadora belga, que dos a?os m?s tarde ampliar?a en El coraz?n de las tinieblas. La laguna est? ambientada en la isla de Borneo y consigue recrear con una maestr?a admirable el paisaje --tanto f?sico como moral-- de la vida en los tr?picos. Il Conde (1906), situada en N?poles, surgi? del encuentro con un viejo arist?crata polaco y explora el complejo tema de las mentiras con las que nos enga?amos 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 reflexi?n moral que convierte este relato en uno de los m?s profundos que se han escrito sobre los l?mites 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.




Author: Joseph Conrad
Publisher: Planeta Publishing
Publication Date: Nov 19, 2024
Number of Pages: 144 pages
Binding: Paperback or Softback
ISBN-10: 6073917538
ISBN-13: 9786073917537
 

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