'Tales of Unrest' Summary

The stories in Tales of Unrest are: * **Karain: A Memory** tells the story of a young man who travels to the Malay Archipelago and becomes entangled in a conflict between the local people and the Dutch colonialists. * **The Idiots** tells the story of an isolated family who lives in the countryside of Russia. The family is ostracized by the local community because of their strange behavior, and they are eventually driven to madness. * **An Outpost of Progress** tells the story of two European traders who are stationed at a remote outpost in the African jungle. The traders are slowly corrupted by the environment and their contact with the local people. * **The Return** tells the story of a man who returns to his childhood home after many years away. The man finds that his home has changed, and he is no longer the same person he once was. * **The Lagoon** tells the story of a young man who falls in love with a beautiful native woman. The young man's love for the woman is doomed from the start, and he eventually dies of a broken heart.