The Nigger of the Narcissus
By: by Joseph Conrad ; with an introduction by Howard Mumford Jones and illustrations by Millard Sheets.
Contributors: Jones, Howard Mumford, 1892-1980.; Sheets, Millard, 1907-1989.
Publisher: Heritage Press
Published: 1965
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 161
Subjects: Seafaring life -- Fiction.; Ships -- Fiction.; Blacks -- Fiction.
Description: A dying sailor boards the Narcissus and acts as a memento mori upon his shipmates, eliciting pity and selfless compassion as well as fear, resentment, and a profound hatred. The powerful narrative technique captures every nuance of atmospheric tension for a compelling study of men's characters under conditions of extreme danger and stress.