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ISBN
0141441631
EAN
9780141441634
Date of Publication
2007-08-02
Publication Name
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Type
Paperback / softback
Release Title
Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard (Penguin Classics)
Artist
Conrad, Joseph
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Publisher
Penguin Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0141441631
ISBN-13
9780141441634
eBay Product ID (ePID)
61795278

Product Key Features

Book Title
Nostromo : a Tale of the Seaboard
Number of Pages
544 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Classics, Literary, Political, Sea Stories
Publication Year
2007
Features
Revised
Genre
Fiction
Author
Joseph. Conrad
Format
Uk-B Format Paperback

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Item Height
0.9 in
Item Weight
13.3 Oz
Item Length
7.8 in
Item Width
5.1 in

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Intended Audience
Trade
Dewey Edition
20
Grade From
Twelfth Grade
Dewey Decimal
823/.912
Edition Description
Revised edition
Synopsis
Nostromo offers an intensely pessimistic portrayal of morally empty politicians in a fictional South American nation called Costaguana. Wracked by greed and materialism, Conrad''s characters have good intentions that give way to unchecked self-interest. It''s monumental in scope, adventurous in spirit, and crammed with surprisingly progressive details and insights.|9780141441634|, Nostromo, published in 1904, is one of Conrad's finest works. Nostromo -- though one hundred years old -- says as much about today's Latin America as any of the finest recent accounts of that region's turbulent political life. Insistently dramatic in its storytelling, spectacular in its recreation of the subtropical landscape, this picture of an insurrectionary society and the opportunities it provides for moral corruption gleams on every page with its author's dry, undeceived, impeccable intelligence., Nostromo , published in 1904, is one of Conrad's finest works. Nostromo - though one hundred years old - says as much about today's Latin America as any of the finest recent accounts of that region's turbulent political life. Insistently dramatic in its storytelling, spectacular in its recreation of the subtropical landscape, this picture of an insurrectionary society and the opportunities it provides for moral corruption gleams on every page with its author's dry, undeceived, impeccable intelligence. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators., One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo reenacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbor town of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whether its fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled foreman of the mine, is tested to the limit. Conrad's evocation of Latin America--its grand landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and the tenacity of individuals swept up in imperial ambitions--has never been bettered. This edition features a new introduction with fresh historical and interpretative perspectives, as well as detailed explanatory notes which pay special attention to the literary, political, historical, and geographical allusions and implications of the novel. A map, a chronology of the narrative, a glossary of foreign terms, and an appendix reprinting the serial ending all complement what is sure to be the definitive edition of this classic work.
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  • by defiant3439
    Feb 02, 2023

    Nostromo is a classic novel, must read again!

    This paperback copy of a great classic arrived in very nice condition, without markings and dog ears. Thanks!

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