Nostromo (Version 2)

Complex and Original

(5 stars)

Scott in Sandy Eggo

F. Scott Fitzgerald once said that this was a novel that he would like to have written. The exposure of how extreme wealth and worse yet, the pursuit of same only leads to eventual moral corruption. This is an excellent tale of alternative history of an imaginary country, but based upon the narrative arc of revolution and unintended consequences. If you enjoy complex stories of imperfect characters, you will find a home in this South American treasure. Peter Dann is absolutely excellent in both his reading and his voicing of his players. Thanks.

(4.5 stars)

Seek the light

This book and reading deserves a healthy review. Peter Dann’s telling has a languid equatorial colonial Spanish tone that seems so appropriate to the inevitability of the life and times of the Castaguanarians and specifically the ironic pseudo hero of novels namesake. F Scott Fitzgerald called this novel the “one” that of all he would have desired to write. High praise but appropriate for a devotee of irony and symbolism and pseudo heroes in a novel that is steeped in these devices. Dann’s reading expose these themes well. Conrad clearly is a consummate novelist with mastery of description, setting, dialogue, and the aforementioned devices. A feature of Conrad that makes audio book a good option is a pace that seems lumbering and extraneous at times with over repetition of themes like the power of the mine on all the lives in play. Maybe Conrad was trying through repetition to create a tone of indomitable forces as a constant imposing presence dictating human actions. Dann manages this with a reading style that provides natural and appropriate siesta like episodes helpful to the listeners perseverance during the more mundane passages that may deter all but the most persistent reader. In the end it is enjoyable to see all the irony and juxtaposition come together in a series of tragedies and tragic figures.

(5 stars)

TCD

This is a masterful reading by Peter Dann, just amazing narration and voicing of characters. Bravo! Nostromo is an unusual novel in many ways, tough to get into but groundbreaking and brilliant if you stay with it.

Peter Dann!

(5 stars)

LucifugeRex

Absolutely top-notch! Wonderful old tales made better by Mr Dann.