{"product_id":"darkness-at-noon-9781501161315","title":"Darkness at Noon","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe newly discovered lost text of Arthur Koestler's modern masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e--t\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003ehe haunting portrait of a revolutionary, imprisoned and tortured under totalitarian rule--is now restored and in a completely new translation.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eEditor Michael Scammell and translator Philip Boehm bring us a brilliant novel, a remarkable discovery, and a new translation of an international classic. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn print continually since 1940, \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Noon \u003c\/i\u003ehas been translated into over 30 languages and is both a stirring novel and a classic anti-fascist text. What makes its popularity and tenacity even more remarkable is that all existing versions of \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e are based on a hastily made English translation of the original German by a novice translator at the outbreak of World War II. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In 2015, Matthias We el stumbled across an entry in the archives of the Zurich Central Library that is a scholar's dream: \"Koestler, Arthur. Rubaschow: Roman. Typoskript, M?rz 1940, 326 pages.\" What he had found was Arthur Koestler's original, complete German manuscript for what would become \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e, thought to have been irrevocably lost in the turmoil of the war. With this stunning literary discovery, and a new English translation direct from the primary German manuscript, we can now for the first time read \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/i\u003e as Koestler wrote it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Set in the 1930s at the height of the purge and show trials of a Stalinist Moscow, \u003ci\u003eDarkness at Noon \u003c\/i\u003eis a haunting portrait of an aging revolutionary, Nicholas Rubashov, who is imprisoned, tortured, and forced through a series of hearings by the Party to which he has dedicated his life. As the pressure to confess preposterous crimes increases, he re-lives a career that embodies the terrible ironies and betrayals of a merciless totalitarian movement masking itself as an instrument of deliverance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Koestler's portrayal of Stalin-era totalitarianism and fascism is as chilling and resonant today as it was in the 1940s and during the Cold War. Rubashov's plight explores the meaning and value of moral choices, the attractions and dangers of idealism, and the corrosiveness of political corruption. Like \u003ci\u003eThe Trial\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e1984\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eAnimal Farm\u003c\/i\u003e, this is a book you should read as a citizen of the world, wherever you are and wherever you come from.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10497863\"\u003eArthur Koestler\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/17\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 272\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.60w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501161315\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501161318\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC004000\"\u003eClassics\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC019000\"\u003eLiterary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC037000\"\u003ePolitical\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42707977076973,"sku":"9781501161315","price":18.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/files\/img_ea199725-8b2b-4a1e-98f3-db754a0915d9.jpg?v=1747459446","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/darkness-at-noon-9781501161315","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}