tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post2924069030503376110..comments2024-02-29T02:37:34.896-06:00Comments on Ivebeenreadinglately: Joseph ConradLevi Stahlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-6419677087599977382011-09-28T09:20:13.850-05:002011-09-28T09:20:13.850-05:00Conrad has many virtues to admire. For example, I ...Conrad has many virtues to admire. For example, I love the way he manages to shift the narrative structure, either by moving ahead and backwards in time ("Lord Jim") or changing the narrator's voice ("Nostromo"). Besides that, there is enduring fascination in following what characters do, fail to do, what they think and what thought of them we are not allowed to know.<br /><br />Conrad is a consumate master of elusiveness, ambiguity and complexity.George Marques (Brazil)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-78998471967491007502011-08-26T22:59:48.756-05:002011-08-26T22:59:48.756-05:00I know! At times it calls to mind Monty Python--th...I know! At times it calls to mind Monty Python--think Arthur's incredulity at the Black Knight's defiance, or any number of situations on the TV show where the premise was essentially, "reasonably sane person tries to deal ethically with person who is clearly batshit."<br /><br />Which makes me think of Conrad as more English than ever . . .Levi Stahlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11094919454842047688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19106928.post-39658646935849101332011-08-24T22:35:05.754-05:002011-08-24T22:35:05.754-05:00Conrad's 'The Duel' is a wonderful boo...Conrad's 'The Duel' is a wonderful book: I found it so funny, and so good on the embarassment and growing horror of being pursued by an obsessive loon.JRSMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04430775461763521797noreply@blogger.com