In Libreria
Sinossi
"C'è in Conrad un esotismo, un predilezione per determinati luoghi insoliti e lontani che non ha nulla del capriccio. Qui siamo fuori dalla scelta pittoresca, sempre tesa alla caccia di nuovi superficiali angoli di visione. Qui lo sfondo ha l'ossessività di un'atmosfera quotidiana e così intensa e inevitabile è la presenza di questo "altrove", di questa memoria, che ci pare in sostanza di muoversi nella cerchia incantata di un simbolo, di un mito. Il Mare del Sud è veramente per Conrad il luogo dell'anima." (Dalla nota introduttiva di Cesare Pavese).
- ISBN:
- Casa Editrice:
- Pagine: 0
- Data di uscita: 29-12-2008
Recensioni
Three Conrad novellas, two of which, ‘A Smile of Fortune’ and ‘Freya of the Seven Seas’ consider the consequences of self deception, and the third being the ‘The Secret Sharer’, which is definitely one of my favorite short stories of all time. It was great to get back to Conrad and his world where a Leggi tutto
One of the nice things about the Kindle (and I was dragged into the e-book world when my wife gave me one in the hopes of reducing the stacks in the basement), is that it allows you access to an ocean of public domain books by some of the greatest writers. In this case, I found one of Joseph Conrad' Leggi tutto
With ‘Twixt Land and Sea, Conrad’s works signify a moving away from the more political novels that provided many of his best works. As Conrad himself says, the three stories here are not connected in any way, and differ greatly in tone and content. The first story has a distinctly ironic accent to it Leggi tutto
Three excellent short stories. A Smile of Fortune is a tale about a sea captain infatuated by a mad woman but he is unable to fulfill his aspirations. He is essentially impotent. He becomes embroiled with her father a ship Chandler who is also the black sheep of the Jacobus family. A well known fami Leggi tutto
I read these stories in an old J M Dent edition without any annotations, which was problematic for "a Smile of Fortune" but less so for the other 2. "A Smile of Fortune" is the story of a young captain who sails to an island in order to pick up a shipment of sugar. He has instructions from his owner Leggi tutto
3 classic stories of sailing men: 1) “A SMILE OF FORTUNE”— a ruined and lost moral steadiness. 2) “THE SECRET SHARER” — saddest of the tales. A story of misplaced loyalty. 3) “FREYA OF THE SEVEN ISLES” — heartbreaking love story of love destroyed by a hateful outsider. Read clearly and with compassion Leggi tutto
Citazioni
Al momento non ci sono citazioni, inserisci tu la prima!
