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During stalins purges, nicholas rubashov, an aging revolutionary, is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the party he has devoted his life to. 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. Editor michael scammell and translator philip boehm bring us a brilliant novel, a remarkable discovery, and a new translation of. The taxicab driver offers to give him free fare, but rubashov pays the fare.
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Publication date 1948 topics rmsc collection digitallibraryindia. Originally published in 1941, arthur koestlers 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. Darkness at noon by arthur koestler koestlers black indictment of stalins police state helped to alter the 20th centurys intellectual climate. Based on the events of the stalinist purges of the 1930s, darkness at noon tells the story of nicolas rubashov, a onceimportant figure in the communist party who is. Books by arthur koestler author of darkness at noon. Over the course of his life, koestler espoused many political causes.
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