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.
我们都对这么一类特殊的审判,或者说表演不陌生:有关庭审的前前后后的一切,早就有了安排好的剧本。法庭的场景布起,演员各司其职。公诉人慷慨陈词,审判员英明神武,被告人与其说是做自我辩护,还不如说是做自我控诉,因为他能否保全性命,能否免于酷刑,或确保作为交易...
评分《中午的黑暗》 【英】阿瑟·库斯勒著 董乐山译 《中午的黑暗》大概是大一的时候看的,因为根据的是高三暑假列的那个书单找来的,那时沉迷于拨乱反正的书,对李洪林(曾任中宣部理论处处长,就是在《读书》创刊号发表《读书无禁区》的那个)等人写的关于打破个人...
评分共产主义运动中的惨剧,我不想多说,库斯勒说的很多了。 可是,不让它出版,就可以掩盖过去的罪恶了吗?就是和谐了吗?你们错了,大错特错了,提旧事者失一目,忘旧事者失双目。你们为了所谓高尚的理由,偷偷摸摸地,做这些见不得人的事,殊不知,不在沉默中爆发,就在沉默中灭...
评分好吧,所有的极权国家都相似,那套自我辩解——终极目标正确与当下功利权宜的说辞也一个模子所出,在那个群体中,不能说鲁巴萧夫和格列金谁更可悲,也许真的如同鲁巴萧夫意欲使自己的过往努力显得有价值因此宁愿将自己逼到那样屈辱的境地那样,真的有很多的“老一辈”在被清算...
评分问题与回答: 1,为了将来的可能实现的美好前景(比如共产主义)是否可以使用卑鄙下流的手段? 回答:不能。 2,前途是光明的,然而道路是曲折的,试问如何在曲折的道路中保持信念? 回答:“坚定的信仰”。 3,如何才能保持坚定的信仰,是大胆质疑,还是盲目的坚定。 回答:质...
因为作者哲思插入太多以至于阅读体验非常一言难尽难以入戏……。……文字是很漂亮的,观点也可以说很深刻的,但作为小说整体觉得不行,不行!
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评分需要重读的书
评分阅读了大部分内容,没有看结局~结局早已注定
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