Born in Budapest in 1905, educated in Vienna, Arthur Koestler immersed himself in the major ideological and social conflicts of his time. A communist during the 1930s, and visitor for a time in the Soviet Union, he became disillusioned with the Party and left it in 1938. Later that year in Spain, he was captured by the Fascist forces under Franco, and sentenced to death. Released through the last-minute intervention of the British government, he went to France where, the following year, he again was arrested for his political views. Released in 1940, he went to England, where he made his home. His novels, reportage, autobiographical works, and political and cultural writings established him as an important commentator on the dilemmas of the 20th century. He died in 1983.
Originally published in 1941, Arthur Koestler's modern masterpiece, "Darkness At Noon, " is a powerful and haunting portrait of a Communist revolutionary caught in the vicious fray of the Moscow show trials of the late 1930s.During Stalin's purges, Nicholas Rubashov, an aging revolutionary, is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the party he has devoted his life to. Under mounting pressure to confess to crimes he did not commit, Rubashov relives a career that embodies the ironies and betrayals of a revolutionary dictatorship that believes it is an instrument of liberation.A seminal work of twentieth-century literature, "Darkness At Noon" is a penetrating exploration of the moral danger inherent in a system that is willing to enforce its beliefs by any means necessary.
﹣在一毎奇怪的下午我完成這本出色的書,在這荒謬的年代。 ﹣侍產中的我,因為家中請了陪月姨姨幫忙,‘導致’我經常在日間其實是‘賦閒’在家,除了少許勞動如洗地洗衣服,隨著老婆能夠出街買東西我的‘擔子’日期減輕,雖然每日晚間仍是個挑戰但日間我竟然有時間看書看電影...
评分有人说:“多一个人读乔治奥威尔,世上就少一个独裁者。” 我认为:“多一个人读阿瑟库斯勒,世上就多一个奥威尔。” 书的正版我找了很久,遗憾的是董乐山先生在198几年译的中文版实在是找不到了,只能在亚马逊上淘到一本英文版的。虽然花了150多大洋,书也是非常普通的简装版...
评分 评分 评分﹣在一毎奇怪的下午我完成這本出色的書,在這荒謬的年代。 ﹣侍產中的我,因為家中請了陪月姨姨幫忙,‘導致’我經常在日間其實是‘賦閒’在家,除了少許勞動如洗地洗衣服,隨著老婆能夠出街買東西我的‘擔子’日期減輕,雖然每日晚間仍是個挑戰但日間我竟然有時間看書看電影...
A difficult read after Fahrenheit 451 (and why did I choose to read it on a Sunday afternoon?)...Now I sit on my bed and look at the gorgeous pines and white birches outside of my window, I’m just glad that I don’t have to convince myself of or against any political belief.
评分A difficult read after Fahrenheit 451 (and why did I choose to read it on a Sunday afternoon?)...Now I sit on my bed and look at the gorgeous pines and white birches outside of my window, I’m just glad that I don’t have to convince myself of or against any political belief.
评分阅读了大部分内容,没有看结局~结局早已注定
评分Six and a half steps to the door, whence they must come to fetch him, six and a half steps to the window, behind which night was falling.
评分Sympathy is a fatal disaster for a revolutionary!!
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