Axel Heyst the "Swede," is running away but since it is himself he wants to escape from that is clearly an unattainable goal. Growing up with his crank of a father, a widower in London Town the elder Heyst, writes little books of his unpopular philosophy making a small profit, from the few who like

Maya---(the illusion of desires)

Did Joseph Conrad ever write a bad novel? I’m sure I could write an essay of a few pages on that, but I’m also sure that somebody already has. I will forbear here. VICTORY is set in Southeast Asia, among the islands of what is now Indonesia, but which were then the Du

Now and then, we must leave the literature of our day and delve deeper--in time and in literary style. Joseph Conrad has survived time as a classic, because his work is of classic quality. I submerged into Victory as into cool, deep water, to emerge refreshed and moved by the literary experience.
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Ο αναγνώστης, πριν επιστρέψει στα εγκόσμια, στη γνωστή πεπατημένη του, αναβαπτίζεται σε μια θεώρηση όχι και τόσο πιασάρικη, όχι και τόσο συνηθισμένη, αυτή της απόλυτης αποστασιοποίησης μέσα από τον χαρακτήρα του Χάιστ, βαθιά «σημαδεμένου» από τη νιχιλιστική θεωρία του διανοούμενου πατέρα του.

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My victory over ‘Victory’ by Joseph Conrad was last-gasp and hard-fought. Unfortunately, I am not going to build any triumphal arches to commemorate it.

I feel like a veteran. For a few weeks I have been bombarded with boredom. Stabbed with a bayonet of disappointment. Outflanked by the characters I