Charly Marlow, enigmático y escurridizo personaje, personifica las experiencias de Conrad como marino y viajero. Las cuatro narraciones, estrictamente independientes, que por primera vez se agrupan aquí: JUVENTUD, EL CORAZÓN DE LAS TINIEBLAS, LORD JIM y AZAR, tienen como nexo de unión a Charly Marlow. En las cuatro narraciones Marlow canaliza las experiencias que Conrad vivió en persona u oyó contar a lo lardo de su vida en el mar: "Juvetud" relata el que fuera su primer viaje a Oriente y aborda la forja de su carácter en la adversidad; en "El corazón de las tinieblas" entra en la madurez de la mano del espanto; en "Lord Jim", Marlow se enzarza en un exfuerzo extenuante por mitigar la mala suerte que persigue al jove Jim y redimir la culta que lo atenaza, y en "Azar", Marlow sondea oscuridades siniestras y culpas atroces. Esta obra incluye un prólogo de uno de los más reconocidos traductores y estudiosos españoles de la obra de Conrad, Miguel Martínez-Lage. Reseñas: www.hislibris.com/?p=682
Charly Marlow, an enigmatic and elusive character, personifies Conrad's experiences as a sailor and a traveler. The four strictly independent narratives that are grouped here for the first time: Youth, The Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim and Azar, are linked by Charly Marlow. In the four stories Marlow channels the experiences that Conrad lived in person or heard throughout his life at sea: Youth recounts what was his first trip to the East and addresses the forging of his character in adversity; in The Heart of Darkness enters the maturity of the hand of terror; in Lord Jim, Marlow engages in a strenuous effort to mitigate the bad luck that haunts young Jim and redeem the cult that grips him, and in Azar, Marlow probes sinister darkness and heinous guilt.
Charly Marlow, an enigmatic and elusive character, personifies Conrad's experiences as a sailor and a traveler. The four strictly independent narratives that are grouped here for the first time: Youth, The Heart of Darkness, Lord Jim and Azar, are linked by Charly Marlow. In the four stories Marlow channels the experiences that Conrad lived in person or heard throughout his life at sea: Youth recounts what was his first trip to the East and addresses the forging of his character in adversity; in The Heart of Darkness enters the maturity of the hand of terror; in Lord Jim, Marlow engages in a strenuous effort to mitigate the bad luck that haunts young Jim and redeem the cult that grips him, and in Azar, Marlow probes sinister darkness and heinous guilt.