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Literatura obcojęzyczna
Wordsworth
The Secret Agent
Wydawnictwo:
Wordsworth
Oprawa: Miękka
Opis
Then the vision of an enormous town presented itself, of a monstrous town...a cruel devourer of the world's light. There was room enough there to place any story, depth enough for any passion, variety enough there for any setting, darkness enough to bury five millions of lives.'Conrad?s ?monstrous town? is London, and his story of espionage and counter-espionage, anarchists and embassies, is a detective story that becomes the story of Winnie Verloc?s tenacity in maintaining her devotion to her peculiar and simple-minded brother, Stevie, as they pursue their very ordinary lives above a rather dubious shop in the back streets of Soho. However, far from offering any sentimental picture, The Secret Agent is Conrad?s funniest novel. Its savagely witty picture of human absurdity and misunderstanding is written in an ironic style that provokes laughter and unease at the same time, and that continues to provide one of the most disturbing visions of aspiration and futility in twentieth century literature.
Szczegóły
Rok wydania
2019
Oprawa
Miękka
Ilość stron
224
Format
12.5x19.5cm
Języki
angielski
ISBN
9781853260650
Rodzaj
Książka
Stan
Nowy
EAN
9781853260650
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