Heart of Darkness
Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad about a narrated voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State in the so-called "heart of Africa". Charles Marlow, the narrator, tells his story to friends aboard a boat anchored on the River Thames. This setting provides the frame for Marlow's story of his obsession with the ivory trader Kurtz, which enables Conrad to create a parallel between what Conrad calls "the greatest town on earth", London, and Africa as places of darkness.
To the Heart of the Storm
To the Heart of the Storm is a graphic novel by American cartoonist Will Eisner released in 1991. It tells of the autobiographical Willie's youth as the son of an immigrant family up to World War II. On its release, writer Tom De Haven gave the book an A rating in "Entertainment Weekly", calling Eisner "at the age of 74 ... a risk taker and an artist of astonishing vitality".