Darkness at Noon
by Arthur Koestler
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Author: Arthur KoestlerTranslator: Daphne Hardy
Edition: Mass Market Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 1984-04-01
ISBN: 0553265954
Number of pages: 224
Publisher: Bantam
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Book Review: Perhaps the most compelling study of totalitarianism ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
Koestler's "Darkness at Noon", published in 1940, is among
the greatest studies of the totalitarian mindset in the
history of modern literature. Indeed, George Orwell used
this work as the principal inspiration for his "1984".
Darkness at Noon is regarded by many as a superior work,
focussing upon the psychology of a senior revolutionary,
arrested by his party for crimes against the state of which
he has no knowledge. He faces the dilemma of exposing the
debasement of the revolutionary ideal his arrest entails, or
supporting his arrest in the belief that it can only serve
to further the cause of the revolution itself. To this day,
"Darkness at Noon" remains the most significant analysis of
the psychology of the victim, as evinced by Stalin's Mock
Trials of the 1930s.
Thoroughly compelling and well recommended reading.
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