{"product_id":"darkness-at-noon-book-arthur-koestler-9781476785554","title":"Darkness at Noon","description":"Arthur Koestler's timeless classic, \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003efirst published in 1941, is a powerful and haunting portrait of a Soviet revolutionary who is imprisoned and tortured under Stalin's rule. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOf all of Arthur Koestler's works, none demonstrates more vividly his narrative power and uncompromising clarity of vision than this seminal work of twentieth century literature. \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e is the sort of novel that transcends ordinary limitations.written with such dramatic power, with such warmth of feeling, and with such persuasive simplicity (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, 1941). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet during Stalin's Moscow show trials of the 1930s, \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Noon\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003eis an unforgettable portrait of an aging revolutionary, Nicholas Rubashov, who is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the very Party to which he has dedicated his life. As the pressure increases to confess to committing preposterous crimes, he re-lives a career that embodies the terrible ironies and human betrayals of a totalitarian movement masking itself as an instrument of deliverance. Almost unbearably vivid in its depiction of one man's solitary agony, \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Noon\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003easks questions about ends and means that have relevance not only for the past, but for the perilous present. It is, as the\u0026gt;\u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u0026gt;\u003c\/i\u003ehas declared, A remarkable book, a grimly fascinating interpretation of the logic of the Russian Revolution, indeed of all revolutionary dictatorships, and at the same time a tense and subtly intellectualized drama.","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49530996031761,"sku":"CIN1476785554G","price":31.87,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1476785554.jpg?v=1750827630","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/darkness-at-noon-book-arthur-koestler-9781476785554","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}