Nostromo: a tale of the seaboard

Joseph Conrad, Jacques Berthoud, Mara Kalnins0192801546, 9780192801548, 9781435617735

One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo reenacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In the harbor town 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 foreman of the mine, is tested to the limit.Conrad’s evocation of Latin America — its grand landscapes, the ferocity of its politics, and the tenacity of individuals swept up in imperial ambitions — has never been bettered. This edition features a new introduction with fresh historical and interpretative perspectives, as well as detailed explanatory notes which pay special attention to the literary, political, historical, and geographical allusions and implications of the novel. A map, a chronology of the narrative, a glossary of foreign terms, and an appendix reprinting the serial ending all complement what is sure to be the definitive edition of this classic work.

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Table of contents :
Contents……Page 6
General Editor’s Preface……Page 8
Introduction……Page 11
Note on the Text……Page 26
Select Bibliography……Page 31
A Chronology of Joseph Conrad……Page 35
Map……Page 43
NOSTROMO……Page 44
Part First: The Silver of the Mine
……Page 48
Part Second: The Isabels
……Page 142
Part Third: The Lighthouse
……Page 264
Author’s Note……Page 450
Appendix: The serial ending of Nostromo……Page 455
A Note on Sources……Page 466
Chronology of Principal Events in Nostromo……Page 473
Explanatory Notes……Page 475
C……Page 491
H……Page 492
P……Page 493
Y……Page 494
P……Page 495
Y……Page 496