/lit/ - Literature

Heart of Darkness

Anyone else reading this? Its dense as shit. Ever 10 pages reads as fast as 100 pages in a regular book. Whats going on?

What is your opinion on Joseph Conrad''s Heart of Darkness?

I just finished it and I'm honestly left in awe and just wanted to discuss with some anons.

The ending sounds like something I'd have imagined during drug and heartbreak fuelled ravings. I don't even quite know how to comment on it but all I know is that it's significant and I had a lot of thoughts during this read. I will be reading it multiple times.

Is it really a critique of colonialism? I read it years ago and don't remember everything very well, but I think it's a really shallow way of interpreting it.

What does /lit/ think of Heart of Darkness?

Are there any books similar to A heart of Darkness published in the 2000s? I need to do a comparison piece between a pre-2000 and post-2000 text. I'd appreciate help of any kind really.

So I'm half way thru pic related and i love it. I was wondering if Nostromo is worth it. Is it in a similar style? I know Marlow is also in Nostromo but it was such a large book i didn't get it. any other recs similar to Heart of Darkness or even Conrad in general?

>80 pages? How bad can it be?

In all seriousness. I think only a man can feel any sort of empathetic connection with Kurtz

Why is this book so universally despised by normies despite being so great? Is it because they're required to read it in school?

Best nouvelles

Why have anyone besides the narrator and Marlow on the ship nobody else even does anything besides the unnamed guy who told Marlow to shut up.

Read it yesterday. The ending made me tremble. Damn good novella

ITT: Your best/most favorite book-album pairings

Heart of Darkness (Conrad) + Excavation (The Haxan Cloak)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9iBaQrDW544

So now that the dust has settled, is it racist?

Right now I'm reading Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness for my Literature class. I find it very interesting and I, apart from many in my class enjoy his style of writing. With that said what does /lit/ think of Heart of Darkness?

just read this. where do i begin to understand the subtext of this story? prima facie, the story describes general hardships and travesties of colonialism in africa, but i know it goes further and i can't seem to anaylze it accurately. it was rather ambiguous and the language, at times, complex. i did enjoy the read though and the metaphors painted some vivid images.
the best line i thought was "we dream as we live - alone"

What was all this about. I don't get it.

He goes to Africa, and they're savages. What's the point? What did he accomplish with this book? It's just about this dude's trip down to Africa.

Please help. This is supposed to be a masterpiece. I don't get it.

After all that great build up Kurtz was really underwhelming.

>We penetrated deeper and deeper into the heart of darkness.
Fucking really?

>"It's queer how out of touch with truth women are. They live in a world of their own, and there has never been anything like it, and never can be. It's too beautiful altogether, and if they were to set it up it would go to pieces before the first sunset. Some confounded fact we men have been living contentedly with ever since the day of creation would start up and knock the whole thing over."
Opinions? I'm not sure I agree with this statement. It's as if Conrad is implying women couldn't form their own civilizations without men.