Avon, Connecticut: The Heritage Press, 1972. Hardcover. As New. 4to 11" - 13" tall. Robert Shore. Joseph Conrad's three fine novels, Youth; Typhoon; and The End of the Tether, are reproduced here in a fine edition by The Heritage Press, apparently unread, with an Introduction by Leo Gurko and augmented greatly by the illustrations of Robert Shore. Big, tall, heavy quarto format, illustrated paper label, copy of the Sandglass letter laid in, housed in a simple publisher's slipcase. Speckled page edges. 251 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. Additional postage may be required for oversize or especially heavy volumes, and for sets.

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Conrad's aim was 'by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel . . . before all, to make you see' Heart of Darkness, his exploration of European colonialism in Africa and of elusive human values, embodies more profoundly than almost any other modern fiction the difficulty of 'seeing', its relativity and shifting compromise. Portraying a young man's first sea-voyage to the East in Youth, an unenlightened maturity in Heart of Darkness, and the blind old age of Captain Whalley in The End of the Tether, the stories in this volume are united in their theme - the 'Ages of Man' - and in their scepticism. Conrad's vision has influenced twentieth-century writers and artists from T. S. Eliot to Jorge Luis Borges and Werner Herzog, and continues to draw critical fire. In his stimulating introduction John Lyon discusses the links between these three stories, the critiques of Chinua Achebe and Edward Said, and the ebb and flow of Conrad's magnificent narrative art.

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Bookseller: Structure, Verses, Agency Books - Member, I.O.B.A. (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 350656
Title: Youth; Typhoon; The End of the Tether
Author: Conrad, Joseph
Illustrator: Robert Shore
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: New As New
Quantity Available: 1
Publisher: The Heritage Press
Place of Publication: Avon, Connecticut
Date Published: 1972
Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: Joseph Conrad|Heritage Press|Leo Gurko|Robert Shore

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