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Submitted by Robin Todd, Mar 11, 2008 20:31

Conrad is an artist who reflects the imperial exploitation of the African in the Belgian Congo. Adam Kirsch has revealed to me somethiing which was incompatible with my own father's sensitive and intellectual nature. He was a ship's captain, far-travelled and well-read yet he often said only Joseph Conrad could write about life at sea. He also seemed to me to perceive black men as noble savages with stereo-typical characteristics. Kirsch has enabled me to see that my dad was greatly influenced by Conrad,s powerful imagery and the prevailing ideology ,as i have been

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Adam Kirsch is one of the best book- reviewes now writing. I have read quite a few of his truly... [MORE]	Shalom Freedman	Mar 11, 2008 05:21
Conrad is an artist who reflects the imperial exploitation of the African in the Belgian Congo. Adam Kirsch has revealed...	Robin Todd	Mar 11, 2008 20:31
What is wrong with pedantry. Learn the facts about his life. Read his books. With your own experiences and your... [MORE]	James Trigg	Mar 10, 2008 11:49
"...and finally with sublime relentlessness..." Ah, Mr. Kirsch, you do write a good review, all the way to "a passion... [MORE]	Waimea Williams	Mar 10, 2008 11:47
if mr. stape indeed "gives a full chronicle of Conrad's life from birth to death," he has done readers... [MORE]	jimbo	Mar 10, 2008 09:42
I don't know who to feel sorrier for, Conrad or the biographer. But the reviewer makes an important point about... [MORE]	David	Mar 10, 2008 09:37