«Conrad’s work is one of the great explorations of adventure in literature. Critical texts on Conrad are mostly aimed at readers who are already highly familiar with Conrad’s work. This book does not take this familiarity for granted…». A rich and unusual work which explores the narrative world of a classic of world literature with both passion and precision. An immersion within the work of Conrad, a lucid and enigmatic voyage through the figurative situations that the collective imagination identifies with: through places of the imagination and legendary figures and archetypes. As he strives to convey to the reader the secret of a novelist at once modern and romantic, a son of disquiet, epic, and of his own extraordinary evocative force, the author suggests that the itinerary of the book can be seen as a possible route to understanding the roots of our culture. A formidable essay, of great breadth, which is also a pleasure to read.