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Heart of Darkness: A Signature Performance by Kenneth Branagh
by Kenneth Branagh, Joseph Conrad
A worthwhile listen, Kenneth Branagh's narration is captivating.
A thoroughly interesting novel - clearly deeply steeped in the attitudes of the time and, let's make no apologies for it, it was a horrifically racist time. As Conrad wrote the book King Leopold was committing atrocities in the Congo and, like many at the time, Conrad's novel portrays the European encounter with Africa as a lot more balanced than it actually was.
As a study of man going to extreme lengths for ambition, the novel is fascinating. Kutz has nearly limitless ambition and massive amounts of charisma but pushes himself into the darkness never to return. Marlow, on the other hand, knows his limits and is able to return.
As a study of Colonial Africa, it probably isn't true to life but does show European attitudes of the time quite starkly.
In summary, Branagh does an excellent job bringing the novel to life but the novel it's is not unproblematic.
A thoroughly interesting novel - clearly deeply steeped in the attitudes of the time and, let's make no apologies for it, it was a horrifically racist time. As Conrad wrote the book King Leopold was committing atrocities in the Congo and, like many at the time, Conrad's novel portrays the European encounter with Africa as a lot more balanced than it actually was.
As a study of man going to extreme lengths for ambition, the novel is fascinating. Kutz has nearly limitless ambition and massive amounts of charisma but pushes himself into the darkness never to return. Marlow, on the other hand, knows his limits and is able to return.
As a study of Colonial Africa, it probably isn't true to life but does show European attitudes of the time quite starkly.
In summary, Branagh does an excellent job bringing the novel to life but the novel it's is not unproblematic.