![]() ![]() Conrad went to sea just once more after returning from Africa, choosing to devote his time instead to writing literature. He returned to England in 1891 and checked into a hospital for malaria and dysentery. His encounter with the grim reality of European exploitation undermined his faith in commerce with developing countries. He undertook the 1,000-mile journey up the Congo River to Stanley Falls, where a great depression fell on him. The essay “Geography and Some Explorers” (1924) describes Joseph Conrad as a schoolboy amusing classmates by pointing to Africa on a map and declaring, “When I grow up I shall go there.” Eighteen years later, in 1890, Conrad obtained a post as steamboat captain with a trading company in the Belgian Congo (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). Analysis of Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darknessīy NASRULLAH MAMBROL on September 21, 2022 ![]()
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Was his time in Black Hollow an accident, or was it only the beginning of some greater machination?Īs Black Hollow's bloody stain spreads beyond its wooded borders, Miya fights to evade a past she barely understands. Meanwhile, Mason discovers he may be a pawn trapped in a web of schemes. Bound and beholden to Miya, he struggles to adjust to his new role as her vanguard. Kai has found a new purpose with his companion, but the price is his freedom. Little does she know, one of them is coming for her, clutching a dark secret abreast. A fledgling to the ethereal realm, Miya stumbles into the nightmares of those haunted by spectres. It's been three years since the Dreamwalker upended her life and left her with a heavy burden. SCHWAB and MAGGIE STIEFVATER will devour this macabre folktale, even as it awaits to consume them from between the pages. Vrana's haunting dark fantasy debut, THE HOLLOW GODS. 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