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Darkness at noon / Arthur Koestler ; Philip Boehm, translator ; Michael Scammell, editor, author of introduction.

Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983 (author.). Boehm, Philip, (translator). Scammell, Michael, (editor, author of introduction, etc).

Summary:

"The newly discovered lost text of Arthur Koestler's modern masterpiece, Darkness at Noon--the haunting portrait of a revolutionary, imprisoned and tortured under totalitarian rule--is now restored and in a completely new translation. Editor Michael Scammell and translator Philip Boehm bring us a brilliant novel, a remarkable discovery, and a new translation of an international classic"-- Provided by publisher.

Record details

  • ISBN: 1501161318
  • ISBN: 1982123737
  • ISBN: 9781501161315
  • ISBN: 9781982123734
  • Physical Description: xviii, 249 pages ; 22 cm
  • Edition: Scribner hardcover edition.
  • Publisher: New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2019.

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction -- The first interrogation -- The second interrogation -- The third interrogation -- The grammatical fiction -- Appendix: Bukharin's last plea.
Language Note:
Translated from the German; original title: Sonnenfinsternis.

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Subject:
Moscow Trials, Moscow, Russia, 1936-1937 > Fiction.
Political prisoners > Fiction.
Totalitarianism > Fiction.
Soviet Union > History > 1925-1953 > Fiction.
Genre:
Historical fiction.

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