Youth/ Heart of Darkness The End of the Tether

Feb 5, 2025 3:47 AM

Author:Joseph Conrad,John Lyon

Conrad's aim was 'by the power of the written word, to make you hear, to make you feel . . . before all, to make you see' Heart of Darkness, his exploration of European colonialism in Africa and of elusive human values, embodies more profoundly than almost any other modern fiction the difficulty of 'seeing', its relativity and shifting compromise. Portraying a young man's first sea-voyage to the East in Youth, an unenlightened maturity in Heart of Darkness, and the blind old age of Captain Whalley in The End of the Tether, the stories in this volume are united in their theme - the 'Ages of Man' - and in their scepticism. Conrad's vision has influenced twentieth-century writers and artists from T. S. Eliot to Jorge Luis Borges and Werner Herzog, and continues to draw critical fire. In his stimulating introduction John Lyon discusses the links between these three stories, the critiques of Chinua Achebe and Edward Said, and the ebb and flow of Conrad's magnificent narrative art.

Reviews

A harrowing but hard to put down tale.

—— Financial Times

PRAISE FOR THE BOY WHO FOLLOWED HIS FATHER INTO AUSCHWITZ:

A deeply humane account and a visceral description of everyday life in the camps. Could not be more timely and deserves to have the widest possible readership.

—— Daily Express

An emotionally devastating story of courage - and survival

—— i

Brilliantly researched and written

—— Daily Mail

An extraordinary affecting tale . . . with many twists

—— The Times

Stolen History is a truly remarkable achievement: an historically accurate, diligently researched and nuanced account of the British Empire that is also gripping for younger readers. I know of no other writer who could have accomplished such a feat.

—— Professor Alan Lester FRHistS, Professor of Historical Geography and Professor of History, La Trobe University

Sanghera brilliantly demonstrates that history doesn't have to be dumbed down to be made accessible, nor does it need to be sensationalized to seem relevant. Written with integrity and a deep commitment to reveal how the past has shaped our present, the book will make young readers engage with history as more than just entertainment and it will encourage them to ask new questions.

—— Kim A. Wagner, Professor of Global and Imperial History, School of History Queen Mary, University of London

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