Joseph Conrad
I had a sort of hunch that this was the book behind Apocalypse Now, nobody had ever told me, there just seemed to be some sort of connection. Once I read the first page I knew for sure. There’s just an atmosphere shared between the two.
I the ending of the book, Marlow goes to see Kurtz’s girlfriend/fiance/wife and spends a few pages talking. I can’t remember the ending to Apocalypse, which I’ve seen twice (which is a lot of times for me to see a movie), which makes me think it wasn’t particularly good.
I’m happy that Conrad used the word station so often in the book. Good word.
I follow the instincts of vain-glory and humility natural to all mankind For it can hardly be denied that it is not their own deserts that men are most proud of, but rather of their prodigious luck, of their marvelous fortune: of that in their lives for which thanks and sacrifices must be offered on the altars of the inscrutable gods. 64, Authors Note
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