{"product_id":"2026200012490-secondhand-joseph-conrad-giant-in-exile","title":"Joseph Conrad: Giant In Exile","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Remainder mark\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew writers have navigated the turbulent currents of exile, identity, and moral ambiguity with as much mastery as Joseph Conrad, and Leo Gurko's critical study stands as one of the most penetrating assessments of that literary achievement. Joseph Conrad: Giant in Exile chronicles the life and artistry of a Polish-born seaman who reinvented himself as one of the English language's most formidable novelists, arguing that Conrad's perpetual sense of displacement was not merely a biographical footnote but the very engine of his creative genius. Gurko illuminates the psychological and cultural tensions that animate works such as Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim, and Nostromo, presenting Conrad's moral vision as one forged in the crucible of imperialism, maritime experience, and profound personal dislocation.\n\nWith a new introduction that reframes Conrad's relevance for modern readers, Gurko's prose is scholarly yet accessible, uniting rigorous textual analysis with vivid biographical narrative. The study illustrates how Conrad's outsider status — as a foreigner writing in an adopted tongue — granted him a uniquely penetrating lens through which to examine the hypocrisies of Western civilisation and the fragile constructs of human conscience. Published by Collier Books, a division of Macmillan, this edition introduces a new generation to a critical work that remains essential for anyone seeking to understand the man behind some of the most haunting fiction in the English canon — leaving one to wonder whether Conrad's greatest exile was from a country, or from certainty itself.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130971594971,"sku":"2026200012490-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/016c1be6-2ebc-4111-b18e-9f467fd4a275.png?v=1786593261","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200012490-secondhand-joseph-conrad-giant-in-exile","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}