Heart of Darkness(黑暗之心)

A masterpiece of twentieth-century writing, Heart of Darkness (1902) exposes the tenuous fabric that holds "civilization" together and the brutal horror at the center of European colonialism. Conrad's crowning achievement recounts Marlow's physical and psychological journey deep into the heart of the Belgian Congo in search of the mysterious trader Kurtz.

Joyce Carol Oates on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness:

"Heart of Darkness has had an influence that goes beyond the specifically literary. This parable of a man's 'heart of darkness' dramatized in the alleged 'Dark Continent' of Africa transcended its late Victorian era to acquire the stature of one of the great, if troubling, visionary works of western civilization." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

A masterpiece of twentieth-century writing, Heart of Darkness (1902) exposes the tenuous fabric that holds "civilization" together and the brutal horror at the center of European colonialism. Conrad's crowning achievement recounts Marlow's physical and psychological journey deep into the heart of the Belgian Congo in search of the mysterious trader Kurtz.

Joyce Carol Oates on Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness:

"Heart of Darkness has had an influence that goes beyond the specifically literary. This parable of a man's 'heart of darkness' dramatized in the alleged 'Dark Continent' of Africa transcended its late Victorian era to acquire the stature of one of the great, if troubling, visionary works of western civilization." --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

D.C.R.A. Goonetilleke is Senior Professor of English at the University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka, and former Chair of the Association for Commonwealth Literature and Language Studies. His other books include "Joseph Conrad: Beyond Culture and Background" (London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1990) and "Salman Rushdie" (London: Macmillan; New York: St. Martin's Press, 1998). --This text refers to the Paperback edition.