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Joseph Conrad fans in da house?

  • 19-03-2016 2:29pm
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    buck65
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    Reading Nostromo now, seems great any fans here?


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    Harry Angstrom
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    buck65 wrote: »
    Reading Nostromo now, seems great any fans here?

    Conrad was an awful writer. Far too descriptive at the expense of plot. Why use a hundred words when ten words will do? Even though Heart of Darkness is a novella, at times it felt like I was wading through Proust.


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    buck65
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    I read Heart of Darkness and thought it was okay but not earth shattering. Nostromo was recommended by some critics as his best book so I am giving it a whirl. To be honest I'm getting the same feeling from it as I did from "Love in a time of Cholera" a book I really love. About 15% into it (according to Kindle!) and enjoying it.
    I'll let you know!?


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