On the Dark Side: Conrad's "The Secret Sharer" and Valenzuela's "La palabra asesino"

Conrad’s famous “The Secret Sharer” and the short story “La palabra asesino” [“The Word ‘Killer’” in its English translation] by the Argentine Luisa Valenzuela both concern psychological self-exploration and self-discovery, through contact with a killer, a situation which challenges conventional mor...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Donald L. Shaw
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: New Prairie Press 2008-01-01
Series:Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature
Online Access:http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol32/iss1/10