Chance

Some people believe in guardian angels, others in luck or chance. Whatever you call it, Flora needs help. It's not that she's crazy, though there are times she makes people wonder about that. She is suicidal. Detached emotionally. And in pain. She's hard to like. Yet, in the end, she is her own sour......more

Conrad's moral imagination is unparalleled, except by Henry James, of whose influence this book bears some signs. Also breathtaking in its technical handling of the mechanics of narrative. Anyone wishing to study or write a novel could do no better than to start here.......more

"Blandete in pasiune! Ce putea fi mai seducator pentru infometata si zdrobita inima a fetei?" "O tanara fata, stii, e ca un templu. Treci pe langa el si te intrebi ce misterioase ritualuri se petrec acolo inauntru, ce rugaciuni, ce viziuni?" Ca de fiecare data citesc cu placere, emotie si curiozitate......more

Mediocre Joseph Conrad, only recommended for die-hard fans or completests. Basically a slow moving story of how chance plays into the lives of the main characters and brings about a minor miracle. In typical Conrad fashion, he employs an awkward narrative device. It's basically in 1st person although......more

Es dürften mehrere Regalkilometer sein, die im Laufe der vergangenen Einhundert Jahre über Joseph Conrads Schreiben, seinen Stil, die besonderen Elemente der Erzählerposition in vielen seiner Geschichten und Romanen geschrieben wurden. Häufiger bricht er die Geschichten durch verschiedene Perspektiv......more