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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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New Prairie Press
2008-01-01
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Series: | Studies in 20th & 21st Century Literature |
Online Access: | http://newprairiepress.org/sttcl/vol32/iss1/10 |