《诺斯托罗莫》被评论家们誉为康拉德最杰出的小说。这部小说以其场面宏大、人物众多、叙事结构独特以及揭示人性深刻著称,同时也因此而显得错综复杂,深奥难懂,引发后人评论无数,莫衷一是。《诺斯托罗莫》之所以是一部伟大的小说,一个重要的原因是它对于人类生存状态的探讨。在这部小说中,康拉德以存在主义的视角揭示出了人在荒诞世界中的存在状态,人所经历的异化,以及个人与他人的存在关系。这些存在主义因素在小说中得到了全面而深刻的体现。然而,由于缺乏坚实系统的理论基础,先前对于这部小说的研究未能全面地反映出这些存在主义思想。本文紧扣《诺斯托罗莫》中的存在主义思想,尝试应用萨特的存在主义理论来解读这部小说。 “Nostromo” was praised by critics as Conrad’s most outstanding novel. The novel is famous for its grand scenes, numerous figures, unique narrative structures and the revelation of human nature. At the same time, the novel is also intricately complicated and profoundly difficult to understand. One of the important reasons why “Nostromo” is a great novel is its discussion of the state of human existence. In this novel, Conrad reveals the existence of man in the absurd world, the alienation experienced by man, and the existence of the individual and others in the perspective of existentialism. These existential factors have been comprehensively and deeply reflected in the novel. However, due to the lack of a solid and systematic theoretical foundation, previous studies on this novel failed to fully reflect these existentialist ideas. This article is closely linked with Existentialism in Nostromo and tries to use Sartre’s existentialism theory to interpret this novel.