Books
by Joseph Conrad
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Heart of Darkness |
Despite being a fan of 'Apocalypse Now!', this is the first time I'd read the novella itself. Comparing and contrasting the two is inevitable but it says a great deal for Conrad's skills that I was slowly sucked in beyond this superficial response into Marlowe's strangely detached world as he makes his lengthy and tortuous path up-river to meet the enigmatic and mysterious Kurtz. One to revisit and re-read I think, just like the film.
(Clive Yelf - bwl 55 Winter 2010) |
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