{"product_id":"joseph-conrad-zdzislaw-najder-9781571133472","title":"Joseph Conrad: A Life","description":"Up-to-date and extensive revision of Najder's much-acclaimed scholarly biography of Conrad, employing newly accessible sources. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoseph Conrad is not only one of the world's great writers of English -- and world -- literature, but was a writer who lived a particularly full and interesting life. For the biographer this is a double-edged sword, however: thereare many periods for which documentation is uncommonly difficult. Zdzislaw Najder's meticulously documented biography first appeared in English in 1983, garnering high praise as the best, most complete biography of Conrad. Najder's command of English, French, Polish, and Russian allowed him access to a greater variety of sources than any other biographer, and his Polish background and his own experience as an exile have afforded him a unique affinity forConrad and his milieu. All this has come into play once again in the present, extensively revised edition: much of its extensive new material was unearthed in newly-opened former east-bloc archives. There is new material on Conrad's father's genealogy and his role in Polish politics; Conrad's service in the French and British merchant marines; his early English reading and correspondence; his experiences in the Congo; the circumstances of writing his memoirs, and much more. In addition, several aspects of Conrad's life and works are more thoroughly analyzed: his problems with the English language; his borrowings from French writers; his attitude toward socialism, his reaction to the reception of his books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Zdzislaw Najder teaches at the European Academy, Cracow.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Zdzislaw Najder\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 157113347X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781571133472\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Camden House (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/02\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 802\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.59h x 9.46w x 1.81d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2007 pg. 90","brand":"Zdzislaw Najder","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44124886073599,"sku":"9781571133472","price":99.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_70a8bff5-88d3-45fb-9fff-7040df491a08.jpg?v=1687439394","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/joseph-conrad-zdzislaw-najder-9781571133472","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}