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Nostromo: Paperback: Createspace: 9781481121156: 29 Nov 2012: In the time of Spanish rule, and for many years afterwards, the town of Sulaco?the luxuriant beauty of the orange gardens bea… Más…

Nostromo: Paperback: Createspace: 9781481121156: 29 Nov 2012: In the time of Spanish rule, and for many years afterwards, the town of Sulaco?the luxuriant beauty of the orange gardens bears witness to its antiquity?had never been commercially anything more important than a coasting port with a fairly large local trade in ox-hides and indigo. The clumsy deep-sea galleons of the conquerors that, needing a brisk gale to move at all, would lie becalmed, where your modern ship built on clipp. In the time of Spanish rule, and for many years afterwards, the town of Sulaco?the luxuriant beauty of the orange gardens bears witness to its antiquity?had never been commercially anything more important than a coasting port with a fairly large local trade in ox-hides and indigo. The clumsy deep-sea galleons of the conquerors that, needing a brisk gale to move at all, would lie becalmed, where your modern ship built on clipper lines forges ahead by the mere flapping of her sails, had been barred out of Sulaco by the prevailing calms of its vast gulf. Some harbours of the earth are made difficult of access by the treachery of sunken rocks and the tempests of their shores. Sulaco had found an inviolable sanctuary from the temptations of a trading world in the solemn hush of the deep Golfo Placido as if within an enormous semi-circular and unroofed temple open to the ocean, with its walls of lofty mountains hung with the mourning draperies of cloud. Classic Fiction (pre C 1945) Books, , , , Nostromo, Joseph Conrad, 9781481121156, Createspace, , , , ,<

ISBN: 9781481121156

Joseph Conrad's multilayered masterpiece tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration. Conrad convincingly invents an entire country, Costaguana, and sets it… Más…

Joseph Conrad's multilayered masterpiece tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration. Conrad convincingly invents an entire country, Costaguana, and sets it afire as warlords compete for power and a fortune in silver. Señor Gould, adamant that his silver should not become spoil for his enemies, entrusts it to his faithful longshoreman, Nostromo, a local hero of sorts whom Señor Gould believes to be incorruptible. Nostromo accepts the mission as Joseph Conrad's multilayered masterpiece tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration. Conrad convincingly invents an entire country, Costaguana, and sets it afire as warlords compete for power and a fortune in silver. Señor Gould, adamant that his silver should not become spoil for his enemies, entrusts it to his faithful longshoreman, Nostromo, a local hero of sorts whom Señor Gould believes to be incorruptible. Nostromo accepts the mission as an opportunity to increase his own fame. But when his exploit fails to win him the rewards he had hoped for, he is consumed by a corrupting resentment. Nostromo ambitiously brings to life an era of Latin American history while simultaneously describing the politics of any underdeveloped country. For this reason, it is permanently relevant, both as literature and as a brilliant social study. Books, Fiction~~Classics, Nostromo~~Joseph-Conrad, 999999999, Nostromo, Joseph Conrad, 1481121154, CreateSpace Publishing, , , , , CreateSpace Publishing<

ISBN: 9781481121156

Joseph Conrad's multilayered masterpiece tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration. Conrad convincingly invents an entire country, Costaguana, and sets it… Más…

Joseph Conrad's multilayered masterpiece tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration. Conrad convincingly invents an entire country, Costaguana, and sets it afire as warlords compete for power and a fortune in silver.Señor Gould, adamant that his silver should not become spoil for his enemies, entrusts it to his faithful longshoreman, Nostromo, a local hero of sorts whom Señor Gould believes to be incorruptible. Nostromo accepts the mission as an opportunity to increase his own fame. But when his exploit fails to win him the rewards he had hoped for, he is consumed by a corrupting resentment.Nostromo ambitiously brings to life an era of Latin American history while simultaneously describing the politics of any underdeveloped country. For this reason, it is permanently relevant, both as literature and as a brilliant social study. Books Books ~~ Fiction~~ Classics Nostromo~~Joseph-Conrad CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform<

ISBN: 9781481121156

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