On the way to the heart of Africa. When Captain Marlow embarks on a journey up the Congo River on a steamboat, he has no idea what he has gotten himself into. He is not facing a normal job or just an adventure. He encounters the exotic and the dangers of the jungle and gains deep insights into the abysses of the conquest of Africa by Western civilization. "I sighed for several reasons, including admiration for this author. How did he know? How alone he must have been." Christa Wolf.