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El Corazon de Las Tinieblas

El Corazon de Las Tinieblas( )
Translator: Pitol, Sergio
Author: Conrad, Joseph
ISBN:979-8-3659-9050-0
Publication Date:Nov 2022
Publisher:Independently Published
Book Format:Paperback
List Price:USD $9.79
Book Description:

En "El corazón de las tinieblas" un marinero llamado Marlow narra una travesía que realizó años atrás por el río Congo en busca de Kurtz, el jefe de una explotación de marfil, y que a lo largo del relato adquiere un carácter simbólico y ambiguo. Los dos primeros tercios de la novela narran el viaje de Marlow desde Londres a África y remontando el río Congo, hasta alcanzar la base de recolección de marfil en la que se encuentra un empleado de la empresa belga que lo ha contratado. Ese...
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Book Details
Pages:71
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):8.5 x 11 x 0.16 Inches
Book Weight:0.53 Pounds
Author Biography
Conrad, Joseph (Translator)
Sergio Pitol was born in Puebla, Mexico on March 18, 1933. He studied law at the National Autonomous University of Mexico. He joined the Mexican diplomatic service in 1960 and served in Beijing and Warsaw. He resigned in 1968 to protest the Mexican government's massacre of student protesters. He worked for the Barcelona publishing house Tusquets Editores before rejoining the diplomatic corps. He served in Prague, Paris, and Moscow. He returned to Mexico in 1989 to teach at the Universidad Veracruzana and to write.

He was an essayist, author, and translator. His books included The Sound of the Flute, The Love Parade, The Art of Flight, The Journey, and The Magician of Vienna. He received the Cervantes Prize in 2005. He translated the works of several authors including Jane Austen, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, and Witold Gombrowicz. Pitol died on April 12, 2018 at the age of 85.

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