{"product_id":"2026200013877-secondhand-nostromo-a-tale-of-the-seaboard","title":"Nostromo: A Tale Of The Seaboard","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eMarkings: Previous owner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana, silver is power — and power is a curse that no man can escape. Joseph Conrad's Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard chronicles the fate of an idealistic community torn apart by greed, political upheaval, and the seductive weight of material wealth, centering on the charismatic and seemingly incorruptible Capataz de Cargadores, the man known simply as Nostromo, whose legendary reputation becomes both his greatest asset and his ultimate undoing.\n\nConrad constructs his fictional republic with the density and precision of a historian, weaving together a vast cast of colonists, revolutionaries, and opportunists to argue that no human enterprise — however noble its origins — is immune to the corrupting influence of material interest. Written in Conrad's characteristically layered, non-linear prose, the novel stands as one of the towering achievements of early twentieth-century fiction, admired by critics for its psychological depth and its prescient meditation on imperialism and capitalism. This edition presents an introduction by Richard Curle, a close personal friend of Conrad and one of his most astute early commentators, adding a rare biographical intimacy to the reading experience. What price does a man pay when the world's trust becomes an unbearable burden?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160988917979,"sku":"2026200013877-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/5a8fa889-47e2-40b2-b070-7ac12e3b1b9b.png?v=1787188572","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013877-secondhand-nostromo-a-tale-of-the-seaboard","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}