Almayer`s Folly = Глупость Альмайера: роман на английском языке
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Almayer’s Folly, Joseph Conrad’s first novel, is a tale of personal tragedy as well as a broader meditation on the evils of colonialism. Set in the lush jungle of Borneo in the late 1800s, it tells of the Dutch merchant Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of riches for his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse under the weight of his own greed and prejudice. Nadine Gordimer writes in her Introduction, "Conrad’s writing is lifelong questioning... What was ‘Almayer’s Folly’? The pretentious house never lived in? His obsession with gold? His obsessive love for his daughter, whose progenitors, the Malay race, he despised? All three?" Conrad established in Almayer’s Folly the themes of betrayal, isolation, and colonialism that he would explore throughout the rest of his life and work.Product ID
1431215
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Publisher
Series
Year
2018
ISBN
978-5-521-06447-2
Code
7983271
Weight
0.3
Binding
60х90/16
Binding
мягкий
Availability
On Stock
Package size
XS
