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Nostromo (1904)

de Joseph Conrad

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Nostromo is a classic anti-hero, who lives in a fictitious mining village on the coast of a fictitious South American country. Many regard the imagined setting of the novel to be some of Conrad's finest work. The characters in the novel are also more highly-developed than those of his other novels, and were inspired by a group of mental patients Conrad had met shortly before beginning the novel.… (més)
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Reason read: Reading 1001, tbr takedown, TIOLI #2, Sept 2023.
The book was written in the early part of the 20th century and is probably Conrad's greatest achievement, a bridge to the modernistic novel and a fictional depiction of post-colonial global capitalism.

The setting is a fictionalized country on the eastern coast of South America like Columbia. The time period of over throwing dictators, puppet governments set up by European and US countries. It is also a time period of transition to steam powered ships.

The story is told by use of backstory, flashbacks, anachrony, metadiegetic narrative. Conrad relates a historical time period in just a few weeks of time. The long development of the backstory makes it hard to engage with the story and I did not fully engage in it until well past the midpoint. I listened to the audio and wonder if I could have made it through actually reading it. It may be soporific. Social and cultural issues include a cast of characters from all walks of life; business men, dictators, aristocrats, politicols, protestant, catholic, servants, employees. Capitalism is depicted as power and control and the reason for revolt and the birth of Marxism.

Characters; There are many characters. Nostromo is an Italian dockworker. Nostromo implies his work. His name is Giovanni Battista Fidanza. Charles Gould inherits the decrepit silver mine and becomes obsessed with it to the point of neglecting his wife. Martin Decoud is a man who has spent time in Paris and considers himself European even though he was born in S. America. He is a propagandist journalist. Ribera is the puppet governor set up have the overthrow of the dictotor. General Montero overthrows Ribiera. Nostromo and Dcoud are tasked with getting the lighter of silver out of the country. A task that they fail to complete but do to an incident at sea, it is believed that the silver was lost at sea. The silver is the pivot for the morals and politics of the book.

I finished the story but it was not easy, mostly because of the lengthy backstory and the stylistic writing. The story itself is not complicated. I am glad to be done with it and it is a book that should be reread, probably right away. But I will not be doing so at this time. It has achieved the test of time. It is listed as 47 of 100 best fiction of the 20th Century by Modern Library.
  Kristelh | Sep 9, 2023 |
The silver corrupts everyone in their own special way in accordance with the particular flaws in their character. The result is a progressive descent into the hopeless futility of the human condition against the machinations of what is labeled 'material interest'. It is really something to behold.

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  Nealmaro | Jul 28, 2023 |
Nostromo had it all. A hero loved and admired by all. That is, until he succumbs to the temptations of two things that have led many other men to their downfall ; money and women. ( )
  kevinkevbo | Jul 14, 2023 |
Capitalists clash with politics in a generic South American country that is constantly changing governments with military takeovers. Naturally, the natives are their innocent victims. ( )
  burritapal | Oct 23, 2022 |
The most interesting aspect of this novel - for myself, at least - is Conrad's reason for writing it, as outlined in his introduction. Having read the tale of a sailor who made off with a small boat and its cargo of silver, he thought to himself: "Can I write a tale of this episode, in which the sailor is not a craven thief, but rather a man of scruple and integrity?"

Yes, yes he can. ( )
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Conrad, Josephautor primaritotes les edicionsconfirmat
Hogarth, PaulIl·lustradorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Järvenpää, HeidiTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Lavery, JohnAutor de la cobertaautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Matthis, MoaPrefaciautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Petersen, HenrikTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Söderberg, StenTraductorautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
Seymour-Smith, MartinIntroduccióautor secundarialgunes edicionsconfirmat
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