Darkness at Noon

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TitleDarkness at Noon
Year for Search1940
AuthorsKoestler, Arthur(1905-83)
Date Published1940
PublisherJonathan Cape
Place PublishedLondon
KeywordsAustrian author, English author, Hungarian author, Male author
Annotation

A famous work describing the Show Trials in the U.S.S.R. under Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) that has been called a dystopia and has been very influential on dystopian literature. 
Additional Publishers

Rpt. London: The Folio Society, 1980 with an “Introduction” (7-15) by Vladimir Bukovsky. U.S. ed. New York: Macmillan, 1941. Because the original manuscript was assumed to have been lost, all publications of the novel, including German ones, were based on this translation, but it was discovered in 2015, and a new translation by Philip Boehm based on that manuscript has been published. London: Vintage Classics, 2019. U.S. ed. New York: Scribner, 2019. 
Translation Note

Trans. from the German manuscript by Daphne Hardy.
Holding Institutions

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Author Note

The author (1905-83) was born in Hungary, raised in Austria, and lived in Israel, France, the U.S., and England, before finally settling in England.
Full Text

1940 Koestler, Arthur (1905-83). Darkness at Noon. Trans. from the German manuscript by Daphne Hardy. London: Jonathan Cape. Rpt. London: The Folio Society, 1980 with an “Introduction” (7-15) by Vladimir Bukovsky. U.S. ed. New York: Macmillan, 1941. Because the original manuscript was assumed to have been lost, all publications of the novel, including German ones, were based on this translation, but it was discovered in 2015, and a new translation by Philip Boehm based on that manuscript has been published. London: Vintage Classics, 2019. U.S. ed. New York: Scribner, 2019. O

A famous work describing the Show Trials in the U.S.S.R. under Joseph Stalin (1879-1953) that has been called a dystopia and has been very influential on dystopian literature. The author was born in Hungary, raised in Austria, and lived in Israel, France, the U.S., and England, before finally settling in England.