Nostromo, (Paperback)

<p><strong><em>Nostromo</em></strong></p><p>Joseph Conrad</p><p></p><p>Originally published as a serial, Nostromo is set in a fictional <strong>South American</strong> country where the outbreak of civil war puts the mining town of Sulaco in turmoil. <strong>Giovanni Battista</strong> Fidanza, known as Nostromo, is given the task of smuggling out a large amount of silver to keep it from the revolutionaries.<strong>Conrad</strong> was inspired to write the book when he read, in a sailor's memoir, the tale of a man who singlehandedly stole a boatload of silver. He had first heard the same story a quarter of a century earlier as a young sailor.Nostromo has met with critical acclaim: it is often regarded as <strong>Conrad</strong>'s greatest novel and <strong>Francis Scott Fitzgerald</strong> said he would rather have written Nostromo than any other novel.</p>

• Nostromo, (Paperback)
• Author: Les Prairies Numeriques
• ISBN: 9791043135729
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-02-27
• Page Count: 598