El agente secreto

by Joseph Conrad

Overview

Inquieta recordar que un paisaje terrorífico muy semejante al que se vivió en Londres el 7 de julio de 2005 apareció descrito hace casi un siglo por Joseph Conrad en El agente secreto. Esto podría significar dos cosas: una, que los artistas se adelantan, a veces fatalmente, a su tiempo, y otra, que la humanidad no avanza, sino da vueltas sobre sí misma, fiel a sus miserias. Al final, lo que Conrad vio en la absurda actividad terrorista fue a una “humanidad siempre tan trágicamente dispuesta a la autodestrucción”.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940148975298
Publisher:	LD Books, Incorporated
Publication date:	11/17/2013
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	200
File size:	251 KB
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Best known for his novella Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was a Polish–British author. Although not a native English speaker, Conrad came to be regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He revolutionized the English novel with books such as The Secret Agent, Nostromo, and Typhoon. Before publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895, Joseph Conrad spent almost 20 years working mostly at sea as a merchant sailor.

Date of Birth:

December 3, 1857

Date of Death:

August 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Berdiczew, Podolia, Russia

Place of Death:

Bishopsbourne, Kent, England

Education:

Tutored in Switzerland. Self-taught in classical literature. Attended maritime school in Marseilles, France