The role and the power of literature in the era of direct transfer of experiences

Nowadays, when we read Heart of Darkness, we read a different book than the one Britons read in 1899. The same sentences unlock new experiences in us. For different keywords befit readers who are further and further removed from the world and the culture of the original.

Everything needs to be changed so that what is the most important – the experience prescribed by the author – can remain the same. Transfusion of darkness – or Joseph Conrad writing Heart of Darkness in Jacek Dukaj’s head – is a courageous literary project and at the same time a thought experiment. It’s also a meeting of two literary giants competing for the attention of a contemporary reader.

‍I’m not a translator. I’m the author of Joseph Conrad writing Heart of Darkness for the 21-century readers.