Darkness at Noon

Darkness at Noon Darkness at Noon is a fictional novel written by Arthur Koestler that stands as a portrayal of the nightmare politics during the twentieth century. The setting stands in the tumultuous Soviet Union in the 1930’s. Rubashov, the main character, is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the party to which he had dedicated his life. The novel is a brilliant source of history from a personal point of view. While Koestler’s novel …showed first 75 words of 911 total…

…showed last 75 words of 911 total…the unfortunate period in history. The novel contains an eerie clarity that proves that Koestler had an emotional link to the Moscow trials and the political prisoners. Darkness at Noon succeeds as a political and historical novel, but even more so as a refreshing story of the human spirit. Bibliography – 1. Arthur Koestler, Darkness at Noon, Bantam Books (New York, 1968) 2. Donald Kagan, Steven Ozment, Frank Turner, The Western Heritage, Prentice Hall (New Jersey, 2001) 3. Encarta 2000 – CD-ROM version