El Duelo
Written by Joseph Conrad
Narrated by Juan Manuel Martínez
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Conrad, partiendo de esta anécdota, y cuando era ya un escritor consagrado, comenzó a escribir esta obra maestra de la literatura universal en la que dos oficiales de húsares, se enzarzan en una insensata guerra privada, enfrentándose continuamente en duelo, en los intervalos y escenarios de las guerras napoleónicas. El relato, que llega a adquirir caracteres legendarios, convierte sutilmente a ambos duelistas en dos dementes. La lucha contra el otro, para acabar con el otro, será así, sin paradojas, el verdadero fin de toda existencia. Con El duelo, Conrad logró establecer una nueva metáfora sobre lo inútil de las guerras, de las luchas..., en las que en no pocas ocasiones se llega a perder en la sinrazón la razón de porqué empezó todo. El duelo tuvo tres títulos diferentes (El duelo, Los duelistas, o Un asunto de honor).
Esta obra fue llevada admirablemente al cine por Ridley Scott, en 1977 con el título Los duelistas.
Joseph Conrad
Joseph Conrad was born to Polish parents in the Ukraine on 3rd December 1857. He grew up surrounded by upheaval. His father was exiled to northern Russia for political activities and although they eventually returned to Poland, Conrad was orphaned by the age of 11. Subsequently he was taught by his uncle, a great influence and mentor. Leaving for Marseilles in 1874, Conrad began his training as a seaman. After an attempt at suicide, Conrad joined the British merchant navy and became a British subject in 1886. After his first novel, Almayer's Folly was published in 1895 he left the sea behind and settled down to a life of writing. Indeed, as his wife wrote in 1927, he would move only "from his table to his bed, for days and days on end". Troubled financially for many years, he faced uncomplimentary critics and an indifferent public. He finally became a popular success with Chance (1913). By the end of his life on 3rd August 1924 his status as one of the great writers of his time was assured.
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