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Nostromo (Oxford World's Classics) (Paperback)
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all these other countries) Usually dispatched within 48 hours | |Short Description for NostromoOne of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo enacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. This edition offers new insights into Conrad's masterpiece.
Full description- Publisher: Oxford University Press
- Published: 14 June 2007
- Format: Paperback 512 pages
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- Categories: Literary Studies: General | Contemporary Fiction | Classics
- ISBN 13: 9780192801548 ISBN 10: 0192801546
- Sales rank: 844,561
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Full description for Nostromo
'I have heard no end of tales of his strength, his audacity, his fidelity...incorruptible! It is indeed a name of honour for the Capataz of the Cargadores of Sulaco.' One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo enacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbourtown of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whether its fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled Capataz, is tested to the limit. Conrad's evocation of the great Latin-American landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and individuals swept up in imperial ambitions has never been bettered. This edition offers new insights into Conrad's masterpiece.
