Victory : an island tale

Author

Joseph Conrad

Call Number

• FICTION CONR (CEN)

Publication Information

London : Penguin Classics, 2015.

Physical Description

414 pages ; 20 cm.

Summary

Axel Heyst aims to drift through life in solitude, believing he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from humanity's passions and delusions. Then, living on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, he rescues a young English girl escaping from a man who is infatuated with her. As she, in turn, tries to save Heyst from isolation, their affair comes under threat from the brutal violence of outsiders. Conrad's last great novel, featuring one of his most fascinating heroes, Victory is a psychological thriller, a tragic romance and a commentary on the lies that we tell ourselves.