Joseph Conrad: The Three Lives
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Condition: VG. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible.
A landmark work of literary biography, Joseph Conrad: The Three Lives presents an exhaustive and richly detailed portrait of one of the English language's most celebrated novelists. Frederick R. Karl chronicles Conrad's remarkable triple existence — as Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, the Polish exile; as a master mariner who sailed the world's great seas; and as the visionary author of Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, and Nostromo. Karl draws on a vast archive of letters, manuscripts, and historical records to illuminate the psychological and cultural forces that shaped Conrad's singular imagination, arguing convincingly that no aspect of Conrad's life can be separated from his art. Authoritative, sweeping, and deeply humane, this biography stands as the definitive account of a writer whose work continues to resonate across generations.
Author: Frederick R. Karl
Format: Hardback
Published: 1979, Faber
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: VG. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. No stickers or labels visible.
A landmark work of literary biography, Joseph Conrad: The Three Lives presents an exhaustive and richly detailed portrait of one of the English language's most celebrated novelists. Frederick R. Karl chronicles Conrad's remarkable triple existence — as Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski, the Polish exile; as a master mariner who sailed the world's great seas; and as the visionary author of Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, and Nostromo. Karl draws on a vast archive of letters, manuscripts, and historical records to illuminate the psychological and cultural forces that shaped Conrad's singular imagination, arguing convincingly that no aspect of Conrad's life can be separated from his art. Authoritative, sweeping, and deeply humane, this biography stands as the definitive account of a writer whose work continues to resonate across generations.