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

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983, author.

Contributor:

Boehm, Philip, translator.

Scammell, Michael, editor, author of introduction.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Moscow Trials, Moscow, Russia, 1936-1937--Fiction.

Moscow Trials, Moscow, Russia, 1936-1937.

Political prisoners--Fiction.

Political prisoners.

Totalitarianism--Fiction.

Totalitarianism.

Soviet Union--History--1925-1953--Fiction.

Soviet Union.

History.

Russia (Federation)--Moscow.

Genre:

Fiction.

History.

Historical fiction.

Physical Description:

xviii, 249 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

Scribner hardcover edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2019.

Language Note:

Translated from the German; original title: Sonnenfinsternis.

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.

Contents:

Introduction

The first interrogation

The second interrogation

The third interrogation

The grammatical fiction

Appendix: Bukharin's last plea.

Other Format:

Online version: Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983, author. Darkness at noon

ISBN:

9781982123734

1982123737

9781501161315

1501161318

OCLC:

1100452479