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jonnycwhite 's review for:
Heart of Darkness
by Joseph Conrad
I love 'Apocalypse Now', and I'm somewhat annoyed I only just got around to reading 'Heart of Darkness.' I found the book itself quite gripping as we follow Marlow's account of his travels through the Congo and eventual persuit of Kurtz.
As a somewhat pompous European, he intially presents Africa as this backwater, and antithesis of European civilisations. But, without spoiling too much, after Marlow meets Kurtz, he finds himself with a different view (and maybe the actual view of Conrad - who people just dismiss as another 19th century racist perhaps before they finish the book).
There is an awful lot of metaphor in Conrad's work, and admittedly a lot of it has probably gone over my head. But, it was still definitely worth reading and will probably be on my mind for a while.
As a somewhat pompous European, he intially presents Africa as this backwater, and antithesis of European civilisations. But, without spoiling too much, after Marlow meets Kurtz, he finds himself with a different view (and maybe the actual view of Conrad - who people just dismiss as another 19th century racist perhaps before they finish the book).
There is an awful lot of metaphor in Conrad's work, and admittedly a lot of it has probably gone over my head. But, it was still definitely worth reading and will probably be on my mind for a while.