El agente secreto

by Joseph Conrad

Overview

Sobre el telón de fondo del Londres de comienzos de siglo, una ciudad monstruosa e indiferente en la que el autor de «El corazón de las tinieblas» (L 5517) encuentra «espacio suficiente para localizar cualquier historia, hondura suficiente para cualquier pasión, variedad suficiente para cualquier decorado, oscuridad suficiente para enterrar cinco millones de vidas», se desarrolla la historia de un fallido atentado que revela el turbio entramado formado por el terrorismo internacional, la acción de la policía y la diplomacia deshonesta.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940151320535
Publisher:	Jose Borja Botia
Publication date:	04/08/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	546 KB
Language:	Spanish

About the Author

Best known for his novella Heart of Darkness, Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was a Polish–British author. Although not a native English speaker, Conrad came to be regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. He revolutionized the English novel with books such as The Secret Agent, Nostromo, and Typhoon. Before publishing his first novel, Almayer's Folly, in 1895, Joseph Conrad spent almost 20 years working mostly at sea as a merchant sailor.

Date of Birth:

December 3, 1857

Date of Death:

August 3, 1924

Place of Birth:

Berdiczew, Podolia, Russia

Place of Death:

Bishopsbourne, Kent, England

Education:

Tutored in Switzerland. Self-taught in classical literature. Attended maritime school in Marseilles, France