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Nostromo is set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, and more specifically in that country's Occidental Province and its port city of Sulaco. Though Costaguana is a fictional nation, its geography as described in the book resembles real-life Colombia.
- Joseph Conrad
- 1904
Nostromo is a modernist novel about South American politics, capitalism, and revolution, influenced by French realism and Impressionism. The novel explores the relation between moral idealism and material interests through various characters and events, and challenges the notion of progress and evolution.
Nostromo, novel by Joseph Conrad, published in 1904 and considered one of Conrad’s strongest works. Nostromo is a study of revolution, politics, and financial manipulation in a fictional South American republic. The work anticipates many of the political crises of Third World countries in the 20th.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
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A gripping tale of capitalist exploitation and rebellion, set amid the mist-shrouded mountains of a fictional South American republic, employs flashbacks and glimpses of the future to depict the lure of silver and its effects on men.
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Nostromo is a novel by Joseph Conrad that explores the themes of imperialism, wealth, and morality in a Central American setting. The novel follows the adventures of Nostromo, a dockworker who steals a shipment of silver, and the political turmoil in Costaguana, a fictional country.
Jan 9, 2006 · But Nostromo does not aspire to be a leader in a personal game. He does not want to raise himself above the mass. He is content to feel himself a power—within the People. But mainly Nostromo is what he is because I received the inspiration for him in my early days from a Mediterranean sailor.
A classic novel of adventure and corruption set in a fictional South American country during a revolution. Nostromo, an Italian longshoreman, is entrusted with a priceless silver mine and becomes a powerful and greedy figure in the conflict.
