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Joseph Conrad’s multilayered masterpiece tells of one nation's violent revolution and one hero's moral degeneration. Conrad convincingly invents an entire country, Costaguana, and sets it afire as warlords compete for power and a fortune in silver.
Señor Gould, adamant that his silver should not become spoil for his enemies, entrusts it to his faithful longshoreman, Nostromo, a local hero of sorts whom Señor Gould believes to be incorruptible. Nostromo accepts the mission as an opportunity to increase his own fame. But when his exploit fails to win him the rewards he had hoped for, he is consumed by a corrupting resentment.
Nostromo, relevant both as literature and as a brilliant social study, ambitiously brings to life Latin American history and the politics of an underdeveloped country.
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- Darwin8u
- 05-09-12
An Almost PERFECT Novel.
One thinks of Heart of Darkness and even perhaps of Lord Jim when one thinks of Conrad (IF one even thinks of Conrad, let's just be honest). Nostromo, however, is an almost perfect novel: complex narrative, compelling characters, writing that makes the biblical J-writer feel she could have done better with her story. I can't think of but a handful of writers (Dostoevsky, Kafka, McCarthy, Melville) who have written a better book.
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- Michael
- 06-11-17
Must Read for Conrad Fans
This is a very good book that marked a monumental change in literature, but I did not find it a must read. Nostromo represents one of the earliest modernist novels. One feature of this is the entire plot and most character development could be summed up in a single big paragraph, but the novel is nearly 500 pages. The novel is not complex in plot or character, but in the unusual and complex narrative mechanics including vague and sometimes self contradictory inner processes of characters. It has been said that Nostromo can't be read, unless you have read it before. This is not true, but has quite a bit of truth in it.
One of the key underpinnings in Nostromo (and all of Conrad I have read) is that traditional history, the influence of God, and the belief in real human progress can no longer be taken seriously. In the early 1900's this was ground-breaking in a novel form, but has become quite run-of-the-mill. I would not recommend this to most readers, unless they love Conrad or are interested in the historical roots of literary modernism. Read Heart of Darkness, if you love it, do Lord Jim, if you love that, you will likely appreciate Nostromo.
The narration was good and consistent, but a little slow and monotone for my taste.
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- Ulices
- 02-24-17
Wow
John lee is the best narrator for this novel, especially after listening to him narrate one hundred years of solitude. Story is a true political masterpiece. Quality of audio was a bit spotty at times which is why I didn't give it perfect score.
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- Erik
- 09-11-10
An odd twist
At times a good book can fall flat due to poor narration. This listen was my first experience of excellent narration of a story with little purpose. In Nostromo, Conrad seems to have spent too much time on language and not enough time on storytelling.
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- David C.
- 08-30-20
Great Swashbuckling... Potential
Joseph Conrad had the potential to write a great story and, based upon his introduction it had all the hallmarks of being tremendously exciting.
And yet... it never really delivered.
Set in a fictional South American country generally believed to be a sheer veneer for Colombia in the turn of the century, the story pits nationalist versus peasants fighting over a national generally controlled by foreign business interests.
Nostromo is the lead character, a romantic and swarthy Italian who is the boss of the immigrants who load the boats that transport the ingots from the American owned silver mine. Dashing, with a swagger women love and men envy, Nostromo had emigrated from Italy after having served in the great patriotic war of Italy under Giuseppe Garibaldi and was feted among his expatriate countrymen who did so much of the specialized labor in the fledgling country.
While the warring factions mutually despised the foreign interests that control the wealth of the country, Nostromo is ultimately loyal to the Goulds, particularly Mrs. Gould who was an iconic English woman who entered the hinterland with her husband to hack out a fortune in silver. Nostromo is lured into a plan to assure the silver isn't used as a tool for the warring factions that changes the trajectory of his life.
The story had such great potential. But I don't feel it delivered as Conrad intended. Still, I am glad I was encouraged to read it as it was 47th on the Modern Library's Top 100 Novels of the 20th Century. I'll give it a try again down the road.
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- eric
- 06-20-23
Superb voice talent on this one, with John Lee
If you are trying to choose which Nostromo to download, get this one with John Lee. Absolutely crystal clear, fits the voice of the book. Truly good.
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- HIYBRID
- 12-28-21
No refund warning
It took me forever to start this book because it's Conrad. I've invested about 4 hours into it and I'm done. I am unable to follow any story line. Sure there is a mine and it produces silver and I got the lo-down on the dirt under the fingernails of the sixth fusalier in line. Conrad must have been on a contract to make this a LONG drawn out narrative... Yes Ms. so and so has a flat forehead and brown hair shimmering in the breeze as free as a lark in spring... Not just any lark but that lark that welcomes spring as an event from the heavens..... It can't be that complex....
So I went to return this for credit and I found that impossible as well. So beware..... go online somewhere and see if you are up to 17 hours rooted to your media player mistaking one Jose for another.
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- REM
- 07-04-19
Loved it.
Typical Conrad in that he made you think about what is the overarching moral to the story. More modern in his styling as he jumped around quite a bit chronologically- at first a bit confusing but second time through made much more sense.
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- Terrance
- 08-23-18
Conspicuous editing
There are dozens and dozens of places where the volume level and character of the audio changes, as if they were punching together separate takes, rather than re-recording where errors arose. It’s disorienting and unprofessional.
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- Edward Hower
- 05-28-18
Perhaps the greatest English novel
Conrad’s brilliant novel, his very best, entranced me from beginning to end. This was my second reading of the book, and I found it as powerful as ever. The characters are beautifully drawn, the setting is sinister and magnificent. The novels reader did a very good job with It, rendering it dramatically, slowly, and eloquently.
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- Christopher Marcus
- 11-04-19
Wonderful reading, flawed recording
Conrad is one of the best early 20th-century mood-setters and John Lees reading is deep and dramatic with lots of good accents thrown in. But every 10 minutes or so the recording is damaged, as if Lees voice drops out. This is a great story and a great recording but a flawed product. I only keep it because I like the reading so much, but shame on Audible if they leave this in the shop and do not try to get a better copy. Steer clear of it until they do.
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- G Reid
- 09-05-20
Fine Recording of a Classic
Nostromo needs no recommendation, it’s a classic that speaks for itself. John Lee is a fine narrator and he does the text full justice. (I liked this reading better than the somewhat strained Naxos recording.)
Another review comments on the recording quality, observing that the sound dips in and out. It’s true that every few minutes it sounds as if the narrator has half a jam jar over his mouth for a few words; but they’re still perfectly clear, and I didn’t find that it affected my enjoyment of the reading at all.
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- Jane
- 05-11-21
couldn't follow the narrative
There are wonderful passages but something about the narration made it really difficult to follow the plot. It seemed as though the reader was just rattling through without being aware of the story either. His voice was fine but there wasn't enough intelligence to bring it together.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-23-20
Audio is not the best
It sounds like some sections have been re-recorded?
However it’s still understandable and enjoyable
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- Anonymous User
- 11-11-20
An epic journey through a troubled land
an epic journey through a troubled land. interesting sometimes confusing trying to keep track of all the characters. but ultimately satisfying.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-23-18
great reading of great book
Surely one of the greatest books.It is superb in scope and structure and stirringly read by John Lee, a voice to match the tale.
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From his many years on the high seas as a mariner, mate, and captain, Joseph Conrad created unique works, including Heart of Darkness, that have left an indelible mark on world literature. First published in 1899, his haunting novel Lord Jim is both a riveting sea adventure and a fascinating portrait of a unique outcast from civilization.
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The exact description of the form of a cloud
- By Dan Harlow on 11-17-13
By: Joseph Conrad
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Nostromo
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Nostromo is a colorful and adventurous tale set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana. In the midst of a revolution, the citizens of Costaguana live under a brutal dictatorship of Ribiera, a ruthless leader kept in power through foreigners and their dark money. The oligarch government has become so corrupt that the citizens of Costaguana have had enough. In fear of losing his wealth, Charles Gould, the leader of a wealthy family, asks Nostromo for help in getting his vast silver fortune out of the city.
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Narrator thrusts listener from the narrative
- By Silvia J. on 02-18-20
By: Joseph Conrad
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The Nigger of the Narcissus
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Harry Shaw
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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First published in 1897, The Nigger of the Narcissus is the story of a black West Indian, James Wait, who signs aboard the Narcissus, a merchant sailing ship on a journey from Bombay to London. Wait almost immediately becomes ill and bedridden for the remainder of the journey, splitting the crew into factions. It has long been considered one of Joseph Conrad's best and most important works.
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AKA Children of the Sea
- By Darwin8u on 01-08-20
By: Joseph Conrad
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Nostromo
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, Nostromo explores the volatile politics and crippling greed surrounding the San Tomé silver mine. The story of power, love, revolutions, loyalty and reward is told with richly evocative description and brilliantly realised characters. But Nostromo is more than an adventure story; it is also a profoundly dark moral fable. Its language is as compellingly resonant as the sea itself; the characters absorbing and complex.
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If literature was food, this would be 12 courses
- By Dan Harlow on 07-07-13
By: Joseph Conrad
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Nostromo
- A Tale of the Seaboard
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Antony Ferguson
- Length: 16 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the greatest political novels in any language, Nostromo reenacts the establishment of modern capitalism in a remote South American province locked between the Andes and the Pacific. In Sulaco, a harbor town in the imaginary South American republic of Costaguana, a vivid cast of characters is caught up in a civil war to decide whether its fabulously wealthy silver can be preserved from the hands of venal politicians.
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Page-turning masterpiece garbled by narrator
- By Thomas M on 03-22-21
By: Joseph Conrad
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Nostromo
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Frank Muller
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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One of the great adventure novels of our language creates a most engaging central character, Nostromo. A picturesque man of action and popular hero, Nostromo lives to be "well-spoken of" by the citizens of Costaguana, the mythical South American banana republic where the story takes place. Around this figure, Conrad spins a story of revolution, politics, and racial conflict as complex as Nostromo, the man whose greatest enemy is himself.
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Wow!
- By Amazon Customer on 07-11-03
By: Joseph Conrad
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Lord Jim
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Steven Crossley
- Length: 15 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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From his many years on the high seas as a mariner, mate, and captain, Joseph Conrad created unique works, including Heart of Darkness, that have left an indelible mark on world literature. First published in 1899, his haunting novel Lord Jim is both a riveting sea adventure and a fascinating portrait of a unique outcast from civilization.
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The exact description of the form of a cloud
- By Dan Harlow on 11-17-13
By: Joseph Conrad
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Nostromo
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: David McCallion
- Length: 17 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
Nostromo is a colorful and adventurous tale set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana. In the midst of a revolution, the citizens of Costaguana live under a brutal dictatorship of Ribiera, a ruthless leader kept in power through foreigners and their dark money. The oligarch government has become so corrupt that the citizens of Costaguana have had enough. In fear of losing his wealth, Charles Gould, the leader of a wealthy family, asks Nostromo for help in getting his vast silver fortune out of the city.
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Narrator thrusts listener from the narrative
- By Silvia J. on 02-18-20
By: Joseph Conrad
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The Nigger of the Narcissus
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Harry Shaw
- Length: 6 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
First published in 1897, The Nigger of the Narcissus is the story of a black West Indian, James Wait, who signs aboard the Narcissus, a merchant sailing ship on a journey from Bombay to London. Wait almost immediately becomes ill and bedridden for the remainder of the journey, splitting the crew into factions. It has long been considered one of Joseph Conrad's best and most important works.
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AKA Children of the Sea
- By Darwin8u on 01-08-20
By: Joseph Conrad
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Nostromo
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Nigel Anthony
- Length: 18 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Set in the fictional South American country of Costaguana, Nostromo explores the volatile politics and crippling greed surrounding the San Tomé silver mine. The story of power, love, revolutions, loyalty and reward is told with richly evocative description and brilliantly realised characters. But Nostromo is more than an adventure story; it is also a profoundly dark moral fable. Its language is as compellingly resonant as the sea itself; the characters absorbing and complex.
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If literature was food, this would be 12 courses
- By Dan Harlow on 07-07-13
By: Joseph Conrad
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Heart of Darkness (Unabridged)
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: Charles Constant
- Length: 4 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Long hailed as one of the greatest novels of the 20th century, Joseph Conrad's tale of one man's descent into the mysterious and deadly Congo jungle to find a messianic ivory trader is a journey into the depths of man's own greed and quest for power. Marlow, our narrator, relates his story of his slow upriver quest to meet the strange and enigmatic Kurtz, who lives isolated in the jungle and is revered by the natives he exploits.
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Great Narrator!
- By BOA on 09-25-20
By: Joseph Conrad
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Under Western Eyes
- By: Joseph Conrad
- Narrated by: George Guidall
- Length: 12 hrs and 35 mins
- Unabridged
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Under Western Eyes, Conrad's novel of political treachery and oppression, begins with a bomb that kills a hated Russian minister of police along with innocent bystanders. A young student named Razumov hides the perpetrator, then betrays him and becomes a spy among his exiled comrades. He faces a moral dilemma from which there is no escape. This masterwork, published six years before the Russian Revolution, is a chillingly accurate prophecy of what was to come.