Conrad's brilliantly ironic, swashbuckling tale about two officers in Napoleon's Grand Army who, under a futile pretext, fought an on-going series of duels throughout the Napoleonic Wars. Over decades, on every occasion they chanced to meet, they fought. Both satiric and deeply sad, this masterful tale addresses both the futility of war and the absurdity of false honour, war's necessary accessory.
| ISBN: | 9781935554516 |
| Publication date: | 22nd September 2011 |
| Author: | Joseph Conrad |
| Publisher: | Melville House an imprint of Penguin Random House Group |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 115 pages |
| Series: | The Art of the Novella |
| Genres: |
Modern and Contemporary Fiction |