Heart of Darkness
Author: Joseph Conrad
The mind of man is capable of anything – because everything is in it, all the past as well as all the future. What was there after all? Joy, fear, sorrow, devotion, rage – who can tell? – but truth – truth stripped of its cloak of time. Let the fool gape and shudder – the man knows, and can look on without a wink’,,Marlow, a seaman, tells of a journey up the Congo. His goal….Read More
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