Under Western Eyes: Top 100 Classic Books

from m.belljackson

Joseph Conrad is a master of imprinting settings and characters whose minds and appearances are both vivid and demanding. Unfortunately, in Under Western Eyes, none of the characters inspire compassion or much interest. Worse still, the plot drags on and on with scant suspense and a patchy and un...

from mahallett

a great story which i wish someone else had written. i found conrad very hard to follow.

from pessoanongrata

V.S. Naipaul couldn't have put it better when describing the merit of this book (paraphrased): The novel begins with the promise of Dostoevskian themes, but trails off into analysis. But those first one-hundred pages: six stars. Amazing...

from ben_a

The master -- remarkably prescient about how the 20th century was going to go.

from roblong

Apolitical Russian student Razumov comes home one evening to find a fellow student, Haldin, waiting for him in his rooms. Haldin tells him that he has assassinated a despotic government minister on the street that morning, and has come to Razumov for refuge and help. Conrad is awesome. The unbidd...