Under Western Eyes

Nessuna copertina — Joseph Conrad: Under Western Eyes (2009, The Floating Press)

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Pubblicato il 08 Gennaio 2009 da The Floating Press.

Numero OCLC:: 591714823

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Conrad reputedly wrote Under Western Eyes (1911) in response to Crime and Punishment, which he detested. The action takes place in Russia and Switzerland and shows Conrad's cynicism of revolutionary movements and ideals. It also condemns the impact on the poor and innocent by the actions of the powerful.

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Jan B ha recensito Under Western Eyes di Joseph Conrad

Sad eyes

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This is a depressing read about the Russians, Russia and the proverbial Russian soul. About the omnipresent material and moral poverty and alcoholism. About despair and futility. Applicable to modern-day Russia, unfortunately.

The story is irrelevant. There are no likeable characters. Conrad means to show the European and Russian worldviews not as competing, but as intrinsically alien to each other.