Nostromo

Conrad, Joseph. Nostromo. With a Foreword by F.R. Leavis. New York, The New American Library / Doubleday, 1960. 10.5 x 18cm. (18), 448 pages. Original softcover. Excellent condition with only minor signs of external wear and some text underlining. From the library of swiss - american - irish poet Chuck Kruger. [A Signet Classic, No. CT28]. One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo enacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbourtown of Sulaco, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whether its fabulously wealthy silver mine, funded by American money but owned by a third-generation English immigrant, can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians. Greed and corruption seep into the lives of everyone, and Nostromo, the principled Capataz, is tested to the limit. Conrad's evocation of the great Latin-American landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and individuals swept up in imperial ambitions has never been bettered. [Oxford Classics]