Howdy,
the latest read was the Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad. This is a stunning book. Popularised now by the adaption by FFCoppolla in Apocalypse Now. Its a really short book ~ 110pages but very dense and a slow read. It is, according to the cover notes, considered the first modern novel of the 20th century, published in 1902.
Its basically a narrative told by a charismatic sailor, hes telling the story to other sailors as they wait to set off on a long journey from London. He tells of a trip up the Congo to find an ivory merchant who has run off the rails. The merchant, Kurtz, is analogous to Brandos character in the the movie and the book does a great job of evoking a kind of mysticism around the character.
I'd love to read it again because the prose is so good but at times I found myself a little lost and having to skip back to check what happened.
This would be a perfect book for a day of solitude, you could actually finish it in one day.
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