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Darkness at Noon
Artikel-Nr:
9780099424918
Veröffentl:
1994
Einband:
B-format paperback
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.12.1994
Seiten:
211
Autor:
Arthur Koestler
Gewicht:
163 g
Format:
198x128x20 mm
Serie:
Vintage Classics
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Koestler, ArthurArthur Koestler was born in Budapest in 1905. He attended the University of Vienna before working as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Berlin and Paris. For six years he was an active member of the Communist Party, and was captured by Franco in the Spanish Civil War. In 1940 he came to England, adopting the language with his first book in English, Scum of the Earth. His publications manifest a wide range of political, scientific and literary interests, and include Darkness at Noon, Arrow in the Blue and The Invisible Writing. He died in 1983 by suicide, having frequently expressed a belief in the right to euthanasia.
Darkness at Noon is set in an unnamed country ruled by a totalitarian government. Rubashov, once a powerful player in the regime, finds the tables turned on him when he is arrested and tried for treason. His reflections on his previous life and his experiences in prison form the heart of this moving and though-provoking masterpiece.