Take a photo of a barcode or cover
adrianhurchin 's review for:
Heart of Darkness
by David Zane Mairowitz, Joseph Conrad
Going up the Congo was like travelling back to the earliest beginnings of the world, when vegetation rioted on the Earth and the big trees were Kings, an empty stream, a great silence, an impenetrable forest and this stillness of life did not in the least resemble a peace. It was the stillness of an implacable force brooding over an inscrutable intention. It looked at you with a vengeful aspect.
This graphic novel adaptation of [a:Joseph Conrad|3345|Joseph Conrad|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1403814208p2/3345.jpg]'s classic short story, [b:Heart of Darkness|12012853|Heart of Darkness|Joseph Conrad|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1331855193l/12012853._SY75_.jpg|2877220], is a dark and disturbing affair. It captures Marlow's uncovering Kurtz' descent into madness perfectly. It also maintains Marlow's uneasy relationship with the 'natives', which is summed up with this observation;
I'm grateful for these cannibals... in their place men I can work with. The suspicion of their not being inhuman comes slowly to me. What thrills me is the thought of their... humanity.
A difficult read that highlights some of the atrocities of imperialism, colonialism, slavery, pillaging and plundering. The depiction of the mounds of ivory are truly disturbing!
This graphic novel adaptation of [a:Joseph Conrad|3345|Joseph Conrad|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1403814208p2/3345.jpg]'s classic short story, [b:Heart of Darkness|12012853|Heart of Darkness|Joseph Conrad|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1331855193l/12012853._SY75_.jpg|2877220], is a dark and disturbing affair. It captures Marlow's uncovering Kurtz' descent into madness perfectly. It also maintains Marlow's uneasy relationship with the 'natives', which is summed up with this observation;
I'm grateful for these cannibals... in their place men I can work with. The suspicion of their not being inhuman comes slowly to me. What thrills me is the thought of their... humanity.
A difficult read that highlights some of the atrocities of imperialism, colonialism, slavery, pillaging and plundering. The depiction of the mounds of ivory are truly disturbing!