What anons of /lit/ have read Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon"?
I was assigned to read it in a political science course and I have to say it was a great read. I highly recommend it.
For those of you here who have read it what did you think of it?
>>8062249
Apparently no one likes good books here.
Koestler is great so I will bump
>>8062249
what is it about? the noonday demon?
>>8062249
I thought it was brilliant. The discussions between the bukarin/rykov character and the tsarist officer tapped through the cell wall is just great. Koestlers past as a communist really shines through in his exposition of the mindset of the revolutionary and the logic therein. His other novels are not that great but Spartacus is probably worth a read just for a deliciously cynical Marxist analysis by a senator in a Roman bath house. His autobiography arrow in the blue and the invisible writing are incredible. He lives through the Hungarian Revolution becomes a Zionist and lives in a kibbutz goes on a journalistic mission in a soviet airship to map the North Pole and has to flee for his life from the nazis. Also worth a mention is his book on the history of astronomy. The sleepwalkers.
As you can tell I love koestler
love it, great book. im excited for the new translation that will invariably come out following this - http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2016/04/07/a-different-darkness-at-noon/
>>8063007
What is the overall theme of his stories what is the darkness story about?
>>8063089
It's all to do with revolutionary morality. In darkness at noon the character is a mix between bukharin and rykov and is centred on the breaking down of him to make him confess at a show trial. It never specifically names any real world individuals but it is clearly about the ussr. You will get more out of it if u know abit about Soviet Union and the political machinations
>>8063045
Wow this looks amazing. Any info on publishing date?
