{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-selections-from-the-congo-diary","title":"Heart of Darkness \u0026 Selections from The Congo Diary","description":"Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time • Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read\n\nIntroduction by Caryl Phillips\nCommentary by H. L. Mencken, E. M. Forster, Virginia Woolf, Ernest Hemingway, Bertrand Russell, Lionel Trilling, Chinua Achebe, and Philip Gourevitch\n\nOriginally published in 1902, Heart of Darkness remains one of this century’s most enduring works of fiction. Written several years after Joseph Conrad’s grueling sojourn in the Belgian Congo, the novel is a complex meditation on colonialism, evil, and the thin line between civilization and barbarity. This edition contains selections from Conrad’s Congo Diary of 1890—the first notes, in effect, for the novel, which was composed at the end of that decade. Virginia Woolf wrote of Conrad: “His books are full of moments of vision. They light up a whole character in a flash. . . . He could not write badly, one feels, to save his life.”\u003cbr\u003eASIN: 037575377X\u003cbr\u003eVSKU: PKV.037575377X.VG\u003cbr\u003eCondition: Very Good\u003cbr\u003eAuthor\/Artist:Conrad, Joseph|Phillips, Caryl\u003cbr\u003eBinding: Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNote:\u003c\/b\u003e Any images shown are stock photographs and product may differ from what is shown.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Notes\u003c\/b\u003e: Excellent condition with just a hint of character. Minor signs of love, but the pages are still clean and ready for adventure.  \u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Aspen Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52634202308895,"sku":"PKV.037575377X.VG","price":8.89,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0894\/0470\/3007\/files\/037575377X-0.jpg?v=1782320251","url":"https:\/\/www.aspenbookco.com\/products\/heart-of-darkness-selections-from-the-congo-diary","provider":"Aspen Book Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}