Bücher von Joseph Conrad

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Eine der großen, großartigen Erzählungen von Joseph Conrad in einer neuen, zeitgemäßen Übersetzung.Das Thema der Erzählung ist hoch aktuell: Wie verhalten sich Menschen angesichts einer unausweichlichen Extremsituation? Wie bewahren sie sich darin ihre Menschlichkeit? In diesem Fall ist die Frage, wie sie sich gegenüber einer Gruppe von chinesischen Wanderarbeitern an Bord verhalten. Diese erinnern in ihrer Beschreibung weniger an Passagiere als an die Insassen eines heutigen Flüchtlingsboots.Conrad entführt uns in seiner Erzählung auf eine mitreißende, abenteuerliche Reise ins Südchinesische Meer. Es schaukelt auf dieser Schiffsreise derartig, dass man sich beim Lesen festhalten muss!Die Neuübersetzung stammt von Martin Regenbrecht.

Growing up on reading books on sea adventures, Jim constantly daydreams about becoming a seafaring hero, yet he has never faced any real danger. While he is serving aboard a vessel called the Patna, carrying Muslim pilgrims to Mecca, when the ship suffers damage and in danger to sink. With a storm approaching, the crew abandons her and her passengers to their fate.

Set in London in 1886, the novel follows the life of Adolf Verloc, a secret agent. Verloc is also a businessman who owns a shop which sells pornographic material, contraceptives and bric-a-brac. He lives with his wife Winnie, his mother-in-law, and his brother-in-law, Stevie. Stevie has a mental disability, possibly autism, which causes him to be excitable; his sister, Verloc's wife, attends to him, treating him more as a son than as a brother. Verloc's friends are a group of anarchists of which Comrade Ossipon, Michaelis, and "The Professor" are the most prominent. Although largely ineffectual as terrorists, their actions are known to the police. The group produces anarchist literature in the form of pamphlets entitled F.P., an acronym for The Future of the Proletariat.Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew, among other things, on his native Poland's national experiences and on his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world-including imperialism and colonialism-and that profoundly explore the human psyche.

Herr Verloc steckt in der Klemme. Seine bequemen Einkünfte als Geheimagent der Regierung stehen auf dem Spiel. Denn sein neuer Vorgesetzter will sich nicht mehr mit den üblichen Berichten zufriedengeben. Ein spektakuläres Ereignis muss her, bei dem sich die Regierung als entschlossen und handlungsfähig zeigen kann ...Es geht wie bei einer Agentengeschichte zu erwarten um Täuschungen, aber es geht vor allem auch um Selbsttäuschungen. Die Figuren verstehen sich nicht oder sie verstehen sich falsch, sei es aus Naivität oder Borniertheit. Die Erwartungen, die sie an sich und andere stellen, erfüllen sich niemals, und dem gewinnt Conrad zahllose komische Momente ab. Conrad hält es hier wie Schopenhauer, für den das Leben zwar im Großen eine Tragödie, im Kleinen aber eine Komödie ist, bei der auch laut gelacht werden darf.Conrads Einblicke in die politische Instrumentalisierung von Terroranschlägen sind auch heute noch lesenswert.

"Heart of Darkness" remains one of the most provocative English novels of the twentieth century, exploring timeless themes such as: human depravity, racism, and madness. This edition is based on the one published in Conrad's collection of novellas in 1902 called "Youth."The darkness of the human heart is on full display as Marlow and Mr. Kurtz react to the jungles in the heart of Africa. The river that takes them into Africa's interior reveals to them all that the 'civilized' are hardly that.