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Sonnenfinsternis is a novel by hungarianborn british novelist arthur koestler, first published in 1940. This is a classic novel based on real life experiences. Darkness at noon is, quite simply, an example of what the best literature can do. Darkness at noon dramatises the moscow show trials and the elimination of the. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading darkness at noon. Originally published in 1941, arthur koestler s modern masterpiece, darkness at noon, is a powerful and haunting portrait of a communist revolutionary caught in the vicious fray of the moscow show trials of the late 1930s. Darkness at noon by arthur koestler koestlers black indictment of stalins police state helped to alter the 20th centurys intellectual climate. In 1998, the modern library ranked darkness at noon number eight on its list of the 100. Rubashov a fictitious merging of real bolsheviks known to koestler. I received a free electronic copy of this novel from netgalley, descendents of arthur koestler and the university of edinburgh, and scribner. Arthur koestler was a former communist and intellectual, he grew up in europe and eventually became a british subject by choice. Darkness at noonarthur koestler born in budapest in 1905. Koestler is lucid, profound and readable, and even in the bleakest moments it is a joy to be carried along with him. See more ideas about darkness at noon, science words and books.
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