“What was missing in all of them, he thought, was a recognition of Africans as people with projects—lives they were leading, aspirations… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
“The girls were always running out of money, out of cash, precisely, to pay taxi drivers, train conductors, men who delivered pizzas… — Renata Adler Copy Share Image
Joseph Conrad and Heart of Darkness loom huge in my development as a writer. I think I'm always trying to write Heart… — Sabina Murray Copy Share Image
“We live as we dream--alone....” ― Joseph Conrad, Heart of Darkness and the Congo Diary” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce… — Giles Foden Copy Share Image
Don't people know that it's the hardest work in the world? Joseph Conrad said that he had loaded hundredweights of coal all… — Mary Lee Settle Copy Share Image
Joseph Conrad was a thoroughgoing racist. That this simple truth is glossed over in criticisms of his work is due to the… — Chinua Achebe Copy Share Image
