CONRAD, Joseph - Youth & Gaspar Ruiz - (1924 Hardcover)

Book is still good - Previous ownership inside - Smallish stains on front endpapers - Published by J. M. Dent & Sons.   >>>  Here again, Conrad distances himself from the Omniscient Narrator position, and hands the reins over to a fallible character within the tale to retell the tale. Often this storyteller is liable to alter during the story as any other character may since they are part of the story.Perhaps this has been Conrad's own experience.Perhaps not.But one cannot necessarily identify the storyteller of the tale with the author Joseph Conrad.   -   It somehow reminds of the critic taking the artist Matisse to task because the reclining woman of his drawing had arms that seemed unrealistically too lengthy."This is NOT a woman",Matisse informed his critic,"It is a drawing of a woman."   -   Is this relevant ???   -   Don't ask me, I'm just repeating a story !!!!!   -   Marlow is retelling the story "Youth". General Santierra narrates the story of Gaspar Ruiz 40 years down the track,in his retirement.Marlow does not begin his story..."We were sitting round a mahogany table...Thee was a director of companies, an accountant, a lawyer, Marlow, and myself". 'Myself' it is who repeats Marlow's story. It is twenty-two years since Marlow's story.   .  (Wayne on Goodreads)