Un vagabundo de las islas

Synopsis of Un vagabundo de las islas

«Un vagabundo de las islas» is the adventure novel by Joseph Conrad, published by Plaza & Janés in paperback (303 pages, in Spanish).

After a scandal in Makassar, Peter Willems, a man without scruples, hides in a remote village in Malaysia. There he faces the consequences of his past and the tension between desire and conscience, in a story that explores colonialism, guilt and moral degradation.

Second instalment of the Lingard trilogy, originally published in 1896. This Spanish edition includes a translation by Antonio Guardiola and belongs to the El Ave Fénix collection (no. 18).

Recommended for readers of adventure classics and nineteenth-century narrative with an interest in colonialism.