Book

Arthur Koestler

Saunders, Edward, author

Overview

Born in Budapest in 1905, Arthur Koestler was a pivotal European writer and intellectual who inspired, provoked and intrigued in equal measure. Koestler wrote enduring works of reportage and memoir but he is most famous for his political novel Darkness at Noon, which received widespread international acclaim upon its publication in 1940. Born to a secular Jewish middle-class family in Austro-Hungary a decade before the First World War, [he] was a leading documentarist of some of the key moments in twentieth-century European history [while self-staging as a witness to them]. For years he struggled with his Jewish identity, becoming committed to progressive causes early on, notably Zionist politics, before embracing more esoteric ideas later in life. Koestler's interest and science and technology influenced his writing and journalism, and inspired his reflections on rationalism, mysticism and the future of humankind. Following controversial claims of sexual violence that emerged shortly after his suicide in 1983, his name was brought into public disrepute, and his legacy today remains problematic.-- Back cover and publisher information.

• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Subject: Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983. / Journalists Europe Biography. / English literature Jewish authors 20th century Biography.
• ISBN: 1780237162, 9781780237169

Item info:

1 item available

1 item total in all locations

Holdings :

Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
PR6021.O4 Z83 2017	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE