{"product_id":"heart-of-darkness-hardcover","title":"Heart of Darkness - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the so-called heart of Africa. Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between what Conrad calls \"the greatest town on earth\", London, and Africa as places of darkness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCentral to Conrad's work is the idea that there is little difference between so-called civilised people and those described as savages; \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e raises questions about imperialism and racism.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally issued as a three-part serial story in \u003cem\u003eBlackwood's Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e to celebrate the thousandth edition of the magazine, \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e has been widely re-published and translated into many languages. Famously, the story provided the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film \u003cem\u003eApocalypse Now\u003c\/em\u003e. In 1998, the Modern Library ranked \u003cem\u003eHeart of Darkness\u003c\/em\u003e 67th on their list of the 100 best novels in English of the twentieth century.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50101582364895,"sku":"9781680922530","price":20.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/VEl5dnlQVnpFeWp2ZFJYTmNjVkZGdz09.webp?v=1781071766","url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/products\/heart-of-darkness-hardcover","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}