Wordsworth Editions Limited, London, 2000. First Edition. Trade Paperback. Good Condition. Second impression. Size: Small Octavo. 388 pages. Text body is clean, and free from previous owner annotation, underlining and highlighting. Binding is tight, covers and spine fully intact. No foxing in this copy. The book has been read and may carry some marks and creases. This book is available and ready to be shipped.. A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men. Conrad's deeply moral consciousness and masterful narrative technique are at their best in this, one of his finest works. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Fiction; 19th century; ISBN: 1853261742. ISBN/EAN: 9781853261749. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 8904. . 9781853261749

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Joseph Conrad’s Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard is often regarded as author’s most ambitious work. The novel is set in the mining town of Sulaco, a port in the fictitious South American republic of Costaguana. The region has history of tyranny, revolution, and war, but more recently, the area has enjoyed newfound stability. Charles "don Carlos" Gould aims to promote this time of peace and prosperity by reopening his family’s silver mine in order to contribute to the local economy and, of course, personally profit. But as the political climate intensifies once again, Gould finds that he must pay off various armed revolutionaries in addition to government officials, bandits, and the church in order to stay in business. In this political commentary on imperialism, no character wins; all are dealt ironic fates. Originally published serially in two volumes of T.P.'s Weekly, Nostromo is ranked 47th on Modern Library’s “100 Best” English-language novels of the 20th century. In 1991, a film adaptation of Nostromo, starring Marlon Brando, among others, was to be produced by Steven Spielberg and directed by David Lean, but Lean died a few weeks before filming began. In 1996, a television adaptation of the novel was produced and aired on the BBC, Radiotelevisione Italiana, Televisión Española, and WGBH Boston. Nostromo has often been referenced in other works. Much of the story in Andrew M. Greeley's Virgin and Martyr (1985) is set in the fictional country of Costaguana — and many of the other place names in the work are borrowed from Nostromo as well. Perhaps more familiar: In Ridley Scott's 1979 science-fiction horror film, Alien, the spacecraft is named the Nostromo and in James Cameron's 1986 sequel, Aliens, the Marine transport vessel is named Sulaco.

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Bookseller: Great Southern Books (AU)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 8904
Title: Nostromo: A tale of the seaboard
Author: Joseph Conrad
Format/Binding: Trade Paperback
Book Condition: Used - Good Condition
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Paperback
ISBN 10: 1853261742
ISBN 13: 9781853261749
Publisher: Wordsworth Editions Limited
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 2000
Keywords: BZDB137 joseph conrad, nostromo, fiction, Fiction; 19th century; ISBN: 1853261742 EAN: 9781853261749 Joseph Conrad Nostromo: A tale of the seaboard

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