Few things have had such a profound effect on me as my passage towards understanding this book.
There’s no shortage of journeys to talk about in relation to Heart of Darkness – but selfishly, I want to talk about my own. It is a journey to nowhere, set on a boat lying motionless and at anchor on the river Thames, which also “has been one of the dark places on the earth”. It is a political journey into the dark heart of European colonialism. It is a journey into inner space a metaphorical investigation into the turbid waters of the human soul.
It is a fantastic, imaginative journey to find a man named Kurtz who has lost his mind in the African jungle. Conrad’s famous novella is based on a real journey the author took up the Congo in 1890, during King Leopold II of Belgium’s horrific rule.
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