Indonesian river trip retraces Joseph Conrad voyages that inspired Lord Jim, other novels

Indonesian river trip retraces Joseph Conrad voyages that inspired Lord Jim, other novels

Conrad – who died a century ago this summer – is best remembered as the author of Heart of Darkness (1899), the Congo-set novella that became the basis for the movie Apocalypse Now. Yet half of everything he wrote is set in the equatorial regions of Asia, including several novels inspired by this very river. … Read more