Youth & Heart of Darkness

Hard to believe I got so far in life without reading Conrad! Also hard to believe that this Pole, who didn't start speaking English until learning it from his fellow sailors in his late teens, ended up being far and away one of the ultimate masters of the language. The way he writes in "Heart of Dar......more

"L'orrore! L'orrore!" Parto così, con questo urlo. Conrad non è semplice da leggere e non perché dica qualcosa di difficile, anzi forse proprio al contrario: dice cose semplici, ma con troppa forza, troppa franchezza. Si sente l'impeto del mare, leggendo di Marlow, si sente la forza degli uomini che......more

It's amazing to think that this was written 114 years ago, and it's still fresh today (apart from the occasional By Jove!). Comparing it with the movie Apocalypse Now is unfair and misguided. True, they have the same central theme - a journey to the black heart of the world and also into the black h......more

Don't understand what all the fuss is about with this book. I struggled with the language and found the summary of the book on Wikipedia more useful. Probably me......more