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Die Geschichte folgt dem jungen Seemann Jim, der nach einem Fehltritt an Bord der Patna mit Schuld und Ehre ringt. Als Erster Offizier verlässt er das Schiff in einem Moment der Angst – doch es geht nicht unter. Jim muss sich einer öffentlichen und inneren Abrechnung stellen, die sein Leben für immer verändert. Conrad erzählt von Gewissen und Verantwortung, von der Suche nach Würde und der Zerrissenheit des Menschen zwischen Ideal und Scheitern. Im fernen Patusan versucht Jim einen Neuanfang – er gewinnt Achtung und Vertrauen, doch sein Schicksal holt ihn ein.

Die Hörbuchbox Was können wir leben und wissen? aus der Bibliothek Europa präsentiert Meisterwerke der Literatur und Philosophie in großer Vielfalt der Genres, Themen und Epochen, jeweils mit einer kurzen Erläuterung eingeleitet vom Herausgeber Sven Görtz.

A rip-roaring tropical island adventure with a dash of philosophy, now a major film starring Simon Callow, Sam Neill and Rufus Sewell. ‘The girl he had come across … that human being so near and still so strange, gave him a greater sense of his own reality than he had ever known in all his...

Its genesis a real attack on the Greenwich Observatory in 1894, Conrad’s novel offers an ironic meditation not only on anarchy and revolution, with all the deception and intrigue they imply, but also on loyalty – to friends and family, to country and ideals. ‘They swarmed numerous like...

Nostromo is the only man capable of the decisive action needed to save the silver of the San Tome mine and secure independence for Sulaco, Occidental province of the Latin American state of Costaguana. Is his integrity as unassailable as everyone believes, or will his ideals, like those which...

‘Who could tell what forms, what visions, what faces, what forgiveness he could see in the glow of the west!’ Jim is a well-bred young romantic who takes to the seas with hopes of adventure and the aspiration to prove his mettle. When the boat he sails in threatens to sink, Jim abandons ship...

‘The reaches opened before us and closed behind, as if the forest had stepped leisurely across the water to bar the way for our return. We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.’ At the peak of European Imperialism, steamboat captain Charles Marlow travels deep into the...

A wild story of a journalist who becomes manager of a station in the (African) interior and makes himself worshipped by a tribe of savages. The story of the civilized, enlightened Mr. Kurtz, who embarks on a harrowing "night journey" into the savage heart of Africa, only to find his dark and evil soul.

A gripping tale of espionage that influenced Graham Greene, Somerset Maugham and John le Carré, Under Western Eyes follows the story of Kyrilo Sidorovitch Razumov, an apolitical student who becomes a Czarist spy. Following a political assassination, he returns to his room to discover the culprit, Victor Haldin, who asks for help in making his escape.

שני סיפורים מפוכחים ורבי־עוצמה, עתירי טרגדיות, יצרים, שיגעון ומסתורין, פרי מסעו של ג׳וזף קונרד אל לב אפריקה הקולוניאליסטית. אל תרגום המופת של אברהם יבין ללב האפלה...

ימאים, ספינות, זוג אוהבים וקצין רשע מרכיבים את הדרמה שלפניכם. התפאורה אופיינית לקונרד: קבוצת איים במזרח האוקיינוס ההודי, במקום שבו השמש זורחת והשיער מתבדר ברוח. אך...

No coração das trevas (1902) resulta da experiência pessoal de Conrad, no Congo, em 1890, e constitui uma das narrativas ficcionais mais complexas e extraordinárias de toda a literatura inglesa. A exemplo de Charlie Marlow, narrador principal da obra, Conrad, ainda criança, contemplara um mapa e decidira um dia visitar o coração da África.

Journey into the life of Axel Heyst, the former manager of the now-defunct Tropical Belt Coal Company, set against the backdrop of a fictional Pacific island. After withdrawing from society due to his professional setbacks, this misanthropic figure finds himself unexpectedly drawn back into the world by the allure of a romantic relationship. (Introduction by S. Kovalchik)

In 1911, Conrad embarked on a journey of self-discovery through a series of loose autobiographical sketches that would evolve into A Personal Record. Written while he was in the midst of crafting Under Western Eyes, Conrads intent was clear to unveil the man behind the work. He masterfully paints a portrait of himself as a figure of wry humor and self-reflection, yet one who remains serious and grounded in the realities of life. While some anecdotes may seem trivial—like a generals daughter interrupting his writing or overseeing the unloading of a pony in Borneo—Conrads skill lies ...

In this powerful novella based on Joseph Conrad's own experiences in the Belgian Congo, Charles Marlow, an experienced seaman, tells a small group of friends about a profoundly disturbing episode in his life where he was employed by a large colonising enterprise to sail a tinpot steamer up a river into the heart of Africa with a view to bringing out an ivory trader who had gone rogue. Conrad biographer Maya Janasoff has argued that while Marlow's descriptions of Africans are crudely racist, the author binds this racist language with "a potentially radical suggestion. What made the difference ...

Heart of Darkness is a novella written by Joseph Conrad. Before its 1903 publication, it appeared as a three-part series (1899) in Blackwood's Magazine. It was classified by the Modern Library website editors as one of the "100 best novels" and part of the Western canon. The story centres on Charles Marlow, who narrates most of the book. He is an Englishman who takes a foreign assignment from a Belgian trading company as a river-boat captain in Africa. Heart of Darkness exposes the dark side of European colonization while exploring the three levels of darkness that the protagonist, Marlow, ...

Embark on a haunting journey into the depths of the human soul with Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad’s timeless literary masterpiece.

In this gripping tale, an inexperienced ship captain discovers a man named Leggatt clinging to his vessel. Taking an unexpected course of action, the Captain conceals Leggatt in his own quarters. What could lead him to such a decision? Discover the intriguing answers in Conrads The Secret Sharer, first published in the August and September 1910 issues of Harper’s Magazine. Brought to you by the captivating narration of Gregg Margarite.

A classic of early literary modernism, Lord Jim tells the story of a young "simple and sensitive character" who loses his honor in a display of cowardice at sea -- and of his expiation of that sin against his own "shadowy ideal of conduct" on the remote island of Patusan. The novel, written by Conrad for magazine serialization during an intense and chaotic ten months in 1899 and 1900, has, in the words of Thomas C. Moser, "the rare distinction of being a masterpiece in two separate genres. It is at once an exotic adventure story of the Eastern seas in the popular tradition of Kipling and ...

El corazón de las tinieblas es una novela corta, intensa y perturbadora escrita por Joseph Conrad. Aunque en la superficie relata un viaje fluvial por el Congo durante la era del colonialismo europeo, en su fondo más profundo es un viaje al alma humana. Esta obra se convierte, leída desde la óptica del desarrollo personal, en una parábola sobre la confrontación con nuestras sombras, la fragilidad de la moral y la importancia de cultivar la conciencia interior.