Joseph Conrad

Acclaimed as one of Conrad's finest literary achievements, this gripping novel deftly depicts the political turmoil of nineteenth-century Russia and follows the dramatic developments in the life of a student, Razumov, as he prepares for a career in the czarist bureaucracy.In a plot that twists and turns, Razumov …

In these four stories, written between 1900 and 1902, Joseph Conrad bid gradual farewell to his adventurous life at sea and began to confront the more daunting complexities of life on land in the twentieth century. In "Typhoon" Conrad reveals, in the steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain and the imaginative …

Joseph Conrad va ser oficial de marina i profund coneixedor de tot el que feia referència a la navegació. Ha estat considerat una de les grans figures de la literatura sobre el mar. Tifó és una obra seva, en llengua anglesa, començada el 1899 i publicada el 1902. El Nan-Shan és un vaixell de vapor siamès que …