Darkness at Noon

A brilliant new translation of Koestler's long-lost original manuscript. A chilling and unforgettable 20th century classic. From a prison cell in an unnamed country run by a totalitarian government Rubashov reflects. Once a powerful player in the regime, mercilessly dispensing with anyone who got in the way of his party’s aims, Rubashov has had the tables turned on him. He has been arrested and he’ll be interrogated, probably tortured and certainly executed. Darkness at Noon is as gripping as a thriller and a seminal work of twentieth-century literature. Published in Great Britain in 1940, it was feted by George Orwell, went on to be translated into thirty languages and is considered the finest work of pre-eminent European master, Arthur Koestler. And yet the novel’s worldwide reputation has, for over seventy years, been based on the first incomplete and inexpert English translation – Koestler’s original manuscript was lost when he fled the German occupation of Paris in 1940. In 2016, a student discovered that long-lost manuscript in a Zurich archive. At last, with the publication of this new translation of the rediscovered original, Koestler’s masterpiece can be experienced afresh and in its entirety for the first time. THE NEW TRANSLATION BY PHILIP BOEHMAuthor: Koestler, Arthur,author,Boehm, Philip,translator
Contributors: Koestler, Arthur,author,Boehm, Philip,translator
Binding: paperback
Number Of Pages: 304
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Languages: English,Published,German,Original Language
Edition: 1
Published/Release Date: 17 Sep 2020
Bic Classification: Classic fiction (pre c 1945)
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Format: Paperback / softback
Publisher/Studio/Brand: Vintage Publishing
Author/Director/Artist: Arthur Koestler
Dimension (cm): 198x130x18 mm
Package Dimension (cm): 13x197x130 mm
Item Weight (g): 218
Package Weight (g): 219