Heart of Darkness

The novella “Heart of Darkness” was first published in 1902 and caused a major upheaval in English-language literature, which is considered a classic even now. And the film “Apocalypse Now” by Francis Ford Coppola, made based on its themes, was—and remains—one of the most powerful works in the history of world cinema. Young Captain Marlow sails up the Congo River. He sails through wild African jungles full of dangers and cruelties. He sails toward his goal—a small trading post in the dark thickets, turned by the mysterious ivory buyer Kurtz into a bleak, enigmatic kingdom of horror…