{"product_id":"9780141441672","title":"Heart of Darkness","description":"\u003cp\u003eA haunting Modernist masterpiece and the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's Oscar-winning film Apocalypse Now, Heart of Darkness explores the limits of human experience and the nightmarish realities of imperialism. Conrad's narrator Marlow, a seaman and wanderer, recounts his physical and psychological journey in search of the infamous ivory trader Kurtz: dying, insane, and guilty of unspeakable atrocities. Travelling upriver to the heart of the African continent, he gradually becomes obsessed by this enigmatic, wraith-like figure. Marlow's discovery of how Kurtz has gained his position of power over the local people involves him in a radical questioning, not only of his own nature and values, but also those of western civilisation. Part of a major series of new editions of Conrad's most famous works in Penguin Classics, this volume contains Conrad's Congo Diary, a chronology, further reading, notes, a map of the Congo, a glossary and an introduction discussing the author's experiences in Africa, the narrative and symbolic complexities of Heart of Darkness and critical responses to the novel.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"book-contributors\"\u003e\n  \u003cp class=\"contributor-item\"\u003e\n    \u003cspan class=\"contributor-role\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/span\u003e\n    \u003ca href=\"\/search?q=Author+Joseph+Conrad\" class=\"contributor-link\"\u003eJoseph Conrad\u003c\/a\u003e\n  \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Joseph Conrad","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47379848822947,"sku":"9780141441672","price":215.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0741\/7836\/3555\/files\/img_9780141441672_5dfaf859-73cb-4756-86d7-c11fc8525468.jpg?v=1776454709","url":"https:\/\/graffitibooks.co.za\/products\/9780141441672","provider":"Graffiti Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}