Nostromo : a tale of the seaboard / Joseph Conrad ; edited with an introduction and notes by Jacques Berthoud and Mara Kalnins.
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TextSeries: Oxford world's classicsPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007.Edition: New edDescription: xli, 453 p. : map ; 20 cmISBN: - 0192801546 (alk. paper)
- 0199555915 (pbk.)
- 9780192801548 (alk. paper)
- 9780199555918 (pbk.)
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
'I have heard no end of tales of his strength, his audacity, his fidelity...incorruptible! It is indeed a name of honour for the Capataz of the Cargadores of Sulaco.'One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo enacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbourtown of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whether its fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled Capataz, is tested to the limit.Conrad's evocation of the great Latin-American landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and individuals swept up in imperial ambitions has never been bettered. This edition offers new insights into Conrad's masterpiece.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [423]-429).
Returning to the steamy backwater of Costaguana in South America Charles Gould is determined to make a success of the inherited silver mine. However, his dreams of wealth and power are thwarted when the country is plunged into revolution.