Description
A haunting masterpiece of political fiction, Darkness at Noon follows Rubashov, an aging Bolshevik revolutionary imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the very Soviet regime he helped establish. As the Party relentlessly pressures him to confess to fabricated crimes, Rubashov is forced to confront the terrible ironies and human betrayals that have defined his revolutionary career. Through his solitary agony, Koestler crafts an unflinching examination of totalitarianism and explores the dangerous logic of revolutionary movements that sacrifice individual humanity in the name of historical necessity. This intellectually rigorous yet deeply human drama remains a definitive fictional portrayal of authoritarian politics, raising timeless questions about the morality of means and ends that resonate far beyond its historical moment. A grimly fascinating and almost unbearably vivid work that stands as one of the most significant political novels of the twentieth century.
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Bantam
Published Mar 1, 1984
224 pages
ISBN: 9780553265958
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Details
First Published
1940
Language
eng
Translation
Original: Sonnenfinsternis
From: deu
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