Desu is the present positive form of 'be': is. Ka is a question marker when the last sound in a sentence. Japanese grammar also puts desu at the end of sentences. So 'desu ka' is just a combination of the two. I could mean 'isn't it', but that's just a lose translation, I believe.
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language Â· English. time and place written Â· England, 1898â1899; inspired by Conradâs journey to the Congo in 1890. date of first publication Â· Serialized in Blackwoodâs magazine in 1899; published in 1902 in the volume Youth: A Narrative; and Two Other Stories. publisher Â· J. M. Dent & Sons, Ltd.