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Totalitarianism's ironies through an old revolutionary's eyes.

"Darkness at Noon" dives deep into the chilling reality of living under a totalitarian regime and how it can betray even its most loyal servants. As you navigate through the protagonist's psychological torture, the book forces you to confront the complex layers of political idealism and its often devastating personal cost. It's a poignant exploration for anyone fascinated by political ideologies or the psychological depth of human belief systems, challenging you in ways that go far beyond a simple historical narrative.

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Darkness at Noon

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ISBN: 9781416540267
Publisher: Scribner
Date of Publication: 2006-10-17
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Literary Fiction, Historical Fiction
Related Topics: Dystopia, War, Philosophy, Classics
Goodreads rating: 4.11
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Darkness at Noon (from the German: Sonnenfinsternis) is a novel by the Hungarian-born British novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940. His best-known work tells the tale of Rubashov, a Bolshevik 1917 revolutionary who is cast out, imprisoned and tried for treason by the Soviet government he'd helped create. Darkness at Noon stands as an unequaled fictional portrayal of the nightmare politics of our time. Its hero is an aging revolutionary, imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the Party to which he has dedicated his life. As the pressure to confess preposterous crimes increases, he relives a career that embodies the terrible ironies and human betrayals of a totalitarian movement masking itself as an instrument of deliverance. Almost unbearably vivid in its depiction of one man's solitary agony, it asks questions about ends and means that have relevance not only for the past but for the perilous present. It is —- as the Times Literary Supplement has declared —- "A remarkable book, a grimly fascinating interpretation of the logic of the Russian Revolution, indeed of all revolutionary dictatorships, and at the same time a tense and subtly intellectualized drama."
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Totalitarianism's ironies through an old revolutionary's eyes.

"Darkness at Noon" dives deep into the chilling reality of living under a totalitarian regime and how it can betray even its most loyal servants. As you navigate through the protagonist's psychological torture, the book forces you to confront the complex layers of political idealism and its often devastating personal cost. It's a poignant exploration for anyone fascinated by political ideologies or the psychological depth of human belief systems, challenging you in ways that go far beyond a simple historical narrative.

Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.