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Cuentos de Joseph Conrad / Short Stories of Joseph Conrad

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144 pages, Paperback

Published November 19, 2024

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Joseph Conrad

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Joseph Conrad was a Polish-British novelist and story writer. He is regarded as one of the greatest writers in the English language and, although he did not speak English fluently until his twenties, he became a master prose stylist who brought a non-English sensibility into English literature. He wrote novels and stories, many in nautical settings, that depict crises of human individuality in the midst of what he saw as an indifferent, inscrutable, and amoral world.
Conrad is considered a literary impressionist by some and an early modernist by others, though his works also contain elements of 19th-century realism. His narrative style and anti-heroic characters, as in Lord Jim, for example, have influenced numerous authors. Many dramatic films have been adapted from and inspired by his works. Numerous writers and critics have commented that his fictional works, written largely in the first two decades of the 20th century, seem to have anticipated later world events.
Writing near the peak of the British Empire, Conrad drew on the national experiences of his native Poland—during nearly all his life, parceled out among three occupying empires—and on his own experiences in the French and British merchant navies, to create short stories and novels that reflect aspects of a European-dominated world—including imperialism and colonialism—and that profoundly explore the human psyche.

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7 reviews
December 24, 2025
Imagínese ser un marino francés por casi 20 años y luego ser escritor, la clase de cuentos y libros que tiene este autor por todo lo que vivió y vio!!!! La ameeee
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February 6, 2025
La verdad es que no termino de conectar con Joseph Conrad… creo que voy a dejar de darle oportunidades. 🤣
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August 28, 2024
Pequeña recopilación de cuentos del autor de "El corazón de las tinieblas", que incluye los siguientes títulos.

"La laguna", ambientada en la isla de Borneo, en una muestra y rastro del colonialismo enfrentado a la tradición autóctona -que brilla en su largo flashback-, no tanto en su acción perse, como en su ambiente moral y ético.

"Una avanzadilla del progreso", una previa de su obra más conocida, que recoge elementos que posteriormente desarrollará. Trágico retrato de una situación insoportable, donde prima la crítica colonial -en especial hacia las compañías responsables de enviar personal no apto- a la vez que un sentido del humor muy simple y absurdo, que recuerda al presente en "Apocalipsis Now".

"Il Conde" me ha sorprendido. Es un cuento sobre la moral y el honor, que si bien a día de hoy tiene un matiz casposo, resulta interesante como retrato social.

"La historia", me gusta su componente meta narrativo y autobiográfico, esa reflexión del individuo ante la guerra. Pero me resulta muy soso y poco atrapante, el final es muy bueno, pero hasta llegar allí cuesta.
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160 reviews2 followers
January 4, 2025
Primera vez que leo a Conrad, lo cofieso. Y definitivamente no será la última. Las 3 historias me atraparon de una manera u otra. Tan reales como intangibles. Mi favorita fue "Il Conde." La descripciones, el carácter del proganista, así como su historia, realmente te hacen viajar al momento y ver lo que ocurre.
Lo recomiendo, si como yo, apenas te estás encontrando von este autor.
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