Påsk
Påsk (1900) är ett av August Strindbergs naturalistiska dramer. Verket hade urpremiär i Frankfurt am Main 1901. Handlingen utspelar sig i Lund, hos en familj vid namn Heyst. Fadern sitter i fängelse, dömd för förskingring. Hans förehavande...
Victory
Victory, don't forget, has come out of my innermost self. Victory was the last of Conrad's novels to be set in the Malay Archipelago. Sub-titled 'An Island Tale', it tells the story of Axel Heyst who, damaged by his dead father's nihilistic philos...
Victory
Axel Heyst, a dreamer and a restless drifter, believes he can avoid suffering by cutting himself off from others. Then he becomes involved in the operation of a coal company on a remote island in the Malay Archipelago, and when it fails he turns h...
Påsk, E-bok
Familjen Heyst har problem: Fadern i familjen sitter i fängelse för förskingring och sonen, Elis, måste försörja dem. En av de värst drabbade av faderns brott är fordringsägare Lindkvist, och familjen väntar på att han när som helst kommer för att mäta ut familjens egendom. Under påskafton knackar Lindkvist på. Påsk är en teaterpjäs från 1901, författad av August Strindberg. Den hade premiär i Frankfurt am Main i mars 1901. August Strindberg (1849-1912) räknas som en av de största svenska författarna. Under fyra decennier var han en dominerande gestalt i det litterära Sverige.
Victory , E-bok
The water is crystal clear. The sun is blazing. And there’s death on the horizon. Set at the turn of the 20th century, "Victory" takes place in the Dutch East Indies, now Indonesia. Its tortured hero is Axel Heyst, a loner whose empty life is turned around when he meets the beautiful musician Lena. They fall in love, but there’s danger looming. A trio of violent desperadoes are headed to their island, convinced that Heyst has a stash of hidden treasure. A sun-drenched psychological thriller, "Victory" was one of Conrad’s most commercially successful novels. And one that still shimmers with his masterful style and narrative rule-breaking.Joseph Conrad (1857–1924) was a Polish-British writer who left an indelible mark on world literature. After leaving Poland in his teens, Conrad spent years in the French and British merchant marines. His time at sea would inspire much of his writing. Rich in symbolism and rhythmic prose, his books often grapple with the horrors of European colonialism. His most famous story is "Heart of Darkness", an adventure set on the Congo River. Decades later, the movie "Apocalypse Now" updated the story to the Vietnam War. Conrad’s other works include the novels "Lord Jim", "Nostromo" and "The Secret Agent".