{"product_id":"9781435172319-heart-of-darkness-sel-short","title":"Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eJoseph Conrad's reflection on corruptive European colonialism and the journey into the nightmarish psyche of one of the corrupted individuals, plus selected short fiction pieces, now freshly repackaged for the Union Square \u0026amp; Co. Signature Classics line.\u003cbr\u003eWhen Charles Marlow travels to Africa to serve as steamboat pilot for an ivory-trading company, he learns he is to rendezvous with Kurtz, a trading-post agent held in high regard. But the deeper Marlow penetrates into the jungle, the grimmer the assessments of Kurtz become. Described by Conrad himself as “something quite on another plane than an anecdote of a man who went mad in the Centre of Africa,” Heart of Darkness has long been regarded as a powerful appraisal of the fragility of civilization and the consequences of imperialism. This collection includes another five of Conrad’s incomparable tales of adventure, including “The Secret Sharer,” “Youth,” and “Typhoon.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41106244927585,"sku":"9781435172319","price":8.68,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_41506734_4c6fe8d8-dd8c-4ee1-a0ce-15fd8a59e4bb.jpg?v=1780539560","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781435172319-heart-of-darkness-sel-short","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}