Almayer's Folly is a tale of personal tragedy as well as a broader meditation on the evils of colonialism. Set in the lush jungle of Borneo in the late 1800s, it tells of the Dutch merchant Kaspar Almayer, whose dreams of riches for his beloved daughter, Nina, collapse under the weight of his own greed and prejudice. Nadine Gordimer writes in her Introduction, "Conrad's writing is lifelong questioning . . . What was 'Almayer's Folly'? The pretentious house never lived in? His obsession with gold? His obsessive love for his daughter, whose progenitors, the Malay race, he despised? All three?" Conrad established in Almayer's Folly the themes of betrayal, isolation, and colonialism that he would explore throughout the rest of his life and work.

Media	Böcker Pocketbok (Bok med mjukt omslag och limmad rygg)
Releasedatum	26 juni 2016
ISBN13	9781534942141
Utgivare	Createspace Independent Publishing Platf
Antal sidor	172
Mått	152 × 229 × 9 mm · 235 g
Språk	Engelska

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