{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-and-selected-short-fiction-9781435172319","title":"Heart of Darkness and Selected Short Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Joseph Conrad\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Union Square \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Union Square \u0026amp; Co.\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Classics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Charles Marlow travels to Africa to serve as steamboat pilot for an ivory-trading company, he learns he is to rendezvous with Kurtz, a trading-post agent held in high regard. But the deeper Marlow penetrates into the jungle, the grimmer the assessments of Kurtz become. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Described by Conrad himself as \"something quite on another plane than an anecdote of a man who went mad in the Centre of Africa,\" \u003ci\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/i\u003e has long been regarded as a powerful appraisal of the fragility of civilization and the consequences of imperialism. This collection includes another five of Conrad's incomparable tales of adventure, including \"The Secret Sharer,\" \"Youth,\" and \"Typhoon.\" \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Union Square \u0026 Co.","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45036488786071,"sku":"9781435172319","price":674.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781435172319.webp?v=1769213409","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/heart-of-darkness-and-selected-short-fiction-9781435172319","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}