One of the 100 best novels in English of the twentieth century- Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-British novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the Heart of Africa. Only 40,000 words long, this story of colonial brutality is a mesmerisingly ambiguous voyage into the darkest parts of the soul. Heart of Darkness provided the inspiration for Francis Ford Coppola's 1979 film Apocalypse Now. Joseph Conrad (1857-1924) was a Polish-British writer regarded as one of the greatest novelists to write in the English language. Il Disoriente - Fantascienza Fantasy Avventura A paperback and e-book series published by Intra. Global readability, Italian charm.