Author: | Joseph Conrad | ISBN: | 9782291025559 |
Publisher: | AB Books | Publication: | May 12, 2018 |
Imprint: | Language: | English |
Author: | Joseph Conrad |
ISBN: | 9782291025559 |
Publisher: | AB Books |
Publication: | May 12, 2018 |
Imprint: | |
Language: | English |
"The Lagoon" is a short story by Joseph Conrad composed in 1896 and first published in Cornhill Magazine in 1897. The story is about a white man, referred to as "Tuan", who is travelling through an Indonesian rainforest and is forced to stop for the night with a distant Malay friend named Arsat. Upon arriving, he finds Arsat distraught, for his lover is dying. Arsat tells the distant and rather silent white man a story of his past.
"The Lagoon" is a short story by Joseph Conrad composed in 1896 and first published in Cornhill Magazine in 1897. The story is about a white man, referred to as "Tuan", who is travelling through an Indonesian rainforest and is forced to stop for the night with a distant Malay friend named Arsat. Upon arriving, he finds Arsat distraught, for his lover is dying. Arsat tells the distant and rather silent white man a story of his past.