El corazón de las tinieblas

Synopsis of El corazón de las tinieblas

«El corazón de las tinieblas» is the novel by Joseph Conrad, published by Alianza Editorial in paperback (157 pages, in Spanish).

The novel narrates Marlow's journey up the Congo River in search of Kurtz, a commercial agent who seems to have crossed the line between good and evil. Conrad describes the greed and brutality of colonialism and delves into the darkness of the human soul; this work inspired Apocalypse Now.

Translation by Araceli García Ríos and Isabel Sánchez Araújo, with introduction and notes by Araceli García Ríos; El libro de bolsillo collection, Classics Section, no. 623.

Of interest to readers of 19th-century classics and adventure novels, as well as those who want to discover the text that inspired Apocalypse Now.