Dimensions
129 x 197 x 20mm
A story of colonial intrigue woven around the themes of power and identity.
For the clever, successful Willems - confident clerk of Hudig and Co. - the temporary appropriation of his employer's funds is a minor indiscretion. When the theft is discovered, his pretensions to moral and racial superiority are shattered. Shamed, Willems is forced into exile.
Still clinging to this dreams of a glorious future, he is given the opportunity to redeem himself at a distant trading post. But his self-destructive ambition and his obsessive desire for the beautiful Aissa blind him to the scheming of others, and Willems is ultimately forced to face the consequences of his acts of treachery.
The most comprehensive paperback edition available, with introduction, notes, text summary, selected criticism and chronology of Conrad's life and times.
