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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.… (més)
ivan.frade: Both books talk about revolution and the people, individual rights vs. common wellness. "darkness at noon" is pretty similar to 1984, without the especulation/science-fiction ingredient.
GabrielF: Written in 1940, Darkness at Noon really takes you into the minds of the revolutionary generation during Stalin's purges. A People's Tragedy is a very readable, thorough and fascinating history of the revolution.
mambo_taxi: Different men and different revolutions, both books involve true believers who follow their revolutions right up to the point where they are destroyed by them.
Koestlers Roman ist auch nach dem Zerfall der Sowjetunion ein wichtiges historisches und politisches Zeugnis. Er zeigt Einblicke in die Instrumentalisierung des Individuums durch das stalinistische Regime und lässt eine vage Ahnung entstehen, was es damals hieß, sich einer totalitären Ideologie unterwerfen zu müssen - in einer Zeit, in der viele Menschen ohne Partei keine Existenz hatten. Es ist eine Ahnung, die wie eine Sonnenfinsternis ihren dunklen, langen Schatten wirft: Einen Schatten auf das Verständnis von Moral in einem ganz und gar unmoralischen System.
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E chi piglia una tirannide, e non ammazza Bruto, e chi fa uno stato libero, e non ammazza i figlioli di Bruto, si mantiene per poco tempo. MACHIAVELLI, Discorsi sopra la prima deca di Tito Livio, 1. III, c.3
Uomo, uomo, non si può vivere del tutto senza pietà. DOSTOEVSKIJ, Delitto e castigo
Nessuno può governare senza colpe. SAINT-JUST
Dedicatòria
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The characters in this book are fictitious. The historical circumstances which determined their actions are real. The life of the man N.S. Rubashov is a synthesis of the lives of a number of men who were victims of the so-called Moscow Trials. Several of them were personally known to the author. This book is dedicated to their memory. - Paris, October 1938 - April, 1940
Primeres paraules
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The cell door slammed behind Rubashov.
Citacions
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How can one change the world if one identifies oneself with everybody? How else can one change it? He who understands and forgives - where would he find a motive to act? Where would he not?
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"It came from afar and traveled sedately on, a shrug of eternity."
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.