{"product_id":"lord-jim-nostromo-paperback","title":"Lord Jim \u0026 Nostromo - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoseph Conrad\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eRobert D. Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSelected by the Modern Library as two of the 100 best novels of all time\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTARY BY VIRGINIA WOOLF, HAROLD BLOOM, EDWARD SAID, \u003cbr\u003eF. R. LEAVIS, AND ROBERT PENN WARREN \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Never were Mr. Conrad's felicity of phrase and charm of atmosphere more obvious. . . . A book of the rare literary quality of Lord Jim is something to receive with gratitude and joy.\"--The New York Times \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOriginally published in 1900, Lord Jim is one of Joseph Conrad's most complex literary masterpieces. The story of a young sailor whose moment of cowardice haunts him for the rest of his life, Lord Jim explores Conrad's lifelong obsessions with the nature of guilt and the possibility of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e Nostromo is considered by many to be Conrad's supreme achievement, and Conrad himself referred to Nostromo as his \"widest canvas.\" Set in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana, Nostromo reveals the effects that misguided idealism, unparalleled greed, and imperialist interests can have on a fledging nation. V. S. Pritchett wrote: \"Nostromo is the most strikingly modern of Conrad's novels. It is pervaded by a profound, even morbid sense of insecurity which is the very spirit of our age.\"\u003cbr\u003e Robert D. Kaplan's Introduction explains why the two novels together form Conrad's darkest glimpse into the flawed nature of humankind. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) grew up amid political unrest in Russian-occupied Poland. After twenty years at sea in the French and British merchant navies, he settled in England in 1894. Over the next three decades, he revolutionized the English novel with works such as Youth (1902), Heart of Darkness (1902), Typhoon (1903), The Secret Agent (1907), Under Western Eyes (1911), Chance (1913), and Victory (1915). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eROBERT D. KAPLAN is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and the author of seven books of travel and foreign affairs that have been translated into a dozen languages, including Balkan Ghosts, The Ends of the Earth, and An Empire Wilderness, all bestsellers, and a collection of essays, The Coming Anarchy. He lectures frequently to the U.S. military.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eWITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ROBERT D. KAPLAN\u003cbr\u003eCOMMENTARY BY VIRGINIA WOOLF, HAROLD BLOOM, EDWARD SAID, \u003cbr\u003eF. R. LEAVIS, AND ROBERT PENN WARREN \u003cbr\u003e\" Never were Mr. Conrad's felicity of phrase and charm of atmosphere more obvious. . . . A book of the rare literary quality of Lord Jim is something to receive with gratitude and joy.\"--The New York Times \u003cbr\u003eOriginally published in 1900, Lord Jim is one of Joseph Conrad's most complex literary masterpieces. The story of a young sailor whose moment of cowardice haunts him for the rest of his life, Lord Jim explores Conrad's lifelong obsessions with the nature of guilt and the possibility of redemption.\u003cbr\u003e Nostromo is considered by many to be Conrad's supreme achievement, and Conrad himself referred to Nostromo as his \"widest canvas.\" Set in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana, Nostromo reveals the effects that misguided idealism, unparalleled greed, and imperialist interests can have on a fledging nation. V. S. Pritchett wrote: \"Nostromo is the most strikingly modern of Conrad's novels. It is pervaded by a profound, even morbid sense of insecurity which is the very spirit of our age.\"\u003cbr\u003e Robert D. Kaplan's Introduction explains why the two novels together form Conrad's darkest glimpse into the flawed nature of humankind. \u003cbr\u003eJOSEPH CONRAD (1857-1924) grew up amid political unrest in Russian-occupied Poland. After twenty years at sea in the French and British merchant navies, he settled in England in 1894. Over the next three decades, he revolutionized the English novel with works such as Youth (1902), Heart of Darkness (1902), Typhoon (1903), The Secret Agent (1907), Under Western Eyes (1911), Chance (1913), and Victory(1915). \u003cbr\u003eROBERT D. KAPLAN is a correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly and the author of seven books of travel and foreign affairs that have been translated into a dozen languages, including Balkan Ghosts, The Ends of the Earth, and An Empire Wilderness, all bestsellers, and a collection of essays, The Coming Anarchy. He lectures frequently to the U.S. military.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoseph Conrad \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in Berdichev, Ukraine, in 1857. After both of his parents died of tuberculosis, Conrad went to live with his uncle in Switzerland. After attending school in Kraków, he joined the French and then the British merchant marines, sailing to exotic destinations like the West Indies and the Congo, which would later become the backdrops for some of his fiction. In 1894 he settled down in England and began his literary career. In 1902 Conrad published his most famous work, \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e, and continued to write until his death in 1924. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eRobert D. Kaplan\u003c\/b\u003e is the bestselling author of twenty books on foreign affairs and travel translated into many languages, including \u003ci\u003eAdriatic, \u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Good American\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Revenge of Geography, Asia's Cauldron, Monsoon, The Coming Anarchy, and Balkan Ghosts.\u003c\/i\u003e He holds the Robert Strausz-Hupé Chair in Geopolitics at the Foreign Policy Research Institute. For three decades he reported on foreign affairs for \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. He was a member of the Pentagon's Defense Policy Board and the U.S. Navy's Executive Panel. \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e magazine twice named him one of the world's \"Top 100 Global Thinkers.\"\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 816\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.72 x 8.56 x 5.45 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 18, 2000\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52519801192755,"sku":"9780375754890","price":36.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/MVo4em4zS1RQUlhzV0ljaCtIeXhyQT09.webp?v=1760511157","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/lord-jim-nostromo-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}