El corazón de las tinieblas

Synopsis of El corazón de las tinieblas

«El corazón de las tinieblas» is the classic novel by Joseph Conrad, published by Debolsillo in paperback (176 pages, in Spanish).

Captain Marlow travels up the Congo River in search of Kurtz, a commercial agent for an ivory exploitation whose conduct seems to have crossed every moral boundary. The journey is a descent into the abuses of colonialism and the human capacity for evil; the novel inspired Apocalypse Now.

First edition published in 2003 by Debolsillo in the Contemporánea collection, number 365.

Aimed at readers aged 16 and over interested in narrative classics and stories of exploration and colonial critique.