TY - BOOK AU - Joseph Conrad AU - Joyce Carol Oates AU - Vince Passaro TI - Heart of darkness and the secret sharer / T2 - Signet classic SN - 9780451531032 U1 - F C76 PY - 2008/// CY - New York PB - Signet KW - Psychological fiction KW - Fiction KW - Africa KW - Europeans Africa Fiction KW - Fugitives from justice KW - Imperialism Fiction KW - Ship captains KW - Sea stories N2 - Heart of Darkness: Based on Conrad's own 1890 trip up the Congo River, the story is told by Marlow, the novelist's alter ego. It is the journey into darkness and horror, both literally, as the narrator descends into a sinister jungle landscape, and metaphorically, as he witnesses the depts of moral depravity symbolized by the agent Kurtz ER -