Tales of Unrest
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A collection of fleeting tales by the leader of “Nostromo”, “The Secret Agent”, “Lord Jim” and “An Outcast of the Island”.
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his anthology of 216 pages provides an brilliant introduction for new readers to Polish-born Joseph Conrad, who deftly paints on an English canvass. Having selected five of his tales the editors present readers with settings in both the exotic tropics of Malaysia and Africa, as well as the cold social milieus of socialite London and pastoral France. Perhaps the editors chose the word UNREST for their title, because all the protagonists experience psychological depression from a diversity of causes.
KARAIN. This Malay chieftain feels cursed by his past, so he desperately seekst a new English charm to ward off his fatal stalker.
THE IDIOTS. A simple French peasant couple are cursed by impact children who are severely mentally retarded.
OUTPOST OF PROGRESS. The title is sheer irony, since a useless African trading station is run by two ineffectual English agents. The men are pursued by their failed pasts, all-purpose laziness, incompetence, extreme heat and company indifference.
THE RETURN. A young socialite spouse returns home to learn a note from his wife, explaining that she has left him for another man. In this most psychological of the tales, the wronged spouse undergoes a series of intense emotions and decisions, ultimately defying the very Society he represents.
THE LAGOON. A native is pre-grieving the death of his beloved wife, unburdening his soul before his only white friend. Although this represents Conrad’s first published fleeting tale, curiously it concludes this particular anthology. Prepare to explore the murky waters of the human heart and soul.
Reader’s Rating: 3 / 5
In these tales, people are place under heavy mental stress by fatal accidents, hostile environments or insoluble doubts. Their reactions become uncontrollable.
The fleeting tales give a excellent picture of Conrad’s themes, tale building with surprising outcomes and view on mankind: `Morality is not a method of happiness’.
In `Karain: a Memory’, a Malay war-chief makes an odyssey trying to kill a woman who left her native village with a white man. He becomes haunted by the spirit of his dead brother.
In `The Lagoon’, the adduction of a woman turns into a fatal manufacturing accident. `There is no light and no peace in the world; but there is death – death for many. I left him in the midst of the enemies; but I am going back.’
In `An station of Progress’, two lonely `progressive’ colonialists become haunted by their hostile environment; `a suggestion of things vague, uncontrollable, and repulsive, whose discomposing intrusion tries the civilized nerves.’
In `The Return’, a marriage turns sour on the impossible `certitude of like and faith’.
In `The Idiots’, a less successful offspring puts a marriage under extreme pressure.
These sometimes furiously written tales with their high evocative power of landscapes, feelings and conflicts should not be missed.
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5