Darkness at Noon

by Arthur Koestler
List(s):"Racine Library List"
"Carp 500"
Category: "Fiction - General"
Pages:267
Year of Publication:1941
Date Read:04/27/1993
Notes:The action is set during Stalin’s purge trials of the 1930s and concerns Nicholas Rubashov, an old-guard Bolshevik who at first denies, then confesses to, crimes that he has not committed. The plot examines the dilemma of an aging revolutionary who can no longer condone the excesses of a regime he helped establish.

COMMENTS — Koestler served as a war correspondent during the Spanish Civil War where he was imprisoned by the fascists. This experience, and those leading to his break with the Communist Party, are reflected in Darkness at Noon.
My Rating: 7

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Review - Darkness at Noon

It made me think. It is frightening to see what man does to man when Christ isn't in the equation. In trying to find Utopia, man created chaos. The revolution was supposed to perfect the state of man, but until man achieved perfection, extreme measures had to be taken. These measures made the situation even more miserable, which resulted in the need for even stricter measures. In a downward spiral, things just kept getting worse.

Reviewed by Roger on 2003-07-21 08:48:38

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