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Book title: Nostromo Author: Joseph Conrad Publisher: Wakala Book classification: Novel Summary of the book: A side of Joseph Conrad's philosophy is revealed in Nostromo's narration, where historical meaning is embedded in the core of the novel's construction itself. What Conrad points to is that history is made by every person with a point of view, whether expressed or kept hidden. Every point of view reflects an opinion, and every opinion involves an act or omission of action. Through bringing together different perspectives in the form of narrators and storytellers, and by allowing each narrator to contribute to "making" the novel, if the phrase is permissible, Conrad conveys that chaotic, disturbed chain of events we call history. And history is what we do as individuals or nations, so every detail and character in the chain of events holds significance. Conrad created in Nostromo—a material passed through a series of narrators and arranged in different temporal contexts—a world in a state of continuous flow; and he secured for himself a collection of stories whose overall impact always exceeds that of individual narratives. Frederick R. Karl and Marvin Magalaner, Guide to the Greatest English Narratives of the Twentieth Century.