The Invisible Writing: The Second Volume of an Autobiography, 1932-40 (The Danube Edition) - Softcover

Koestler, Arthur

Softcover

ISBN 10: 081286218X ISBN 13: 9780812862188

Publisher: Stein & Day Pub, 1984

Synopsis

The distinguished author, Arthur Koestler, describes his experiences and intellectual development and depicts his growing disillusionment with the Communist Party

About this title

About the Author

Arthur Koestler was born in Budapest in 1905. He attended the university of Vienna before working as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Berlin and Paris. For six years (1932-38) he was an active member of the Communist Party, and was captured by Franco's troops in the Spanish Civil War and imprisoned under sentence of death. In 1940 he came to England, adopting the language with his first book, Scum of the Earth. His publications manifest a wide range of political, scientific and literary interests, and include Darkness at Noon, Arrow in the Blue and The Invisible Writing. He died in 1983 by suicide, having frequently expressed a belief in the right to euthanasia.

Review

"A brilliant and deeply moving record of a whole generation as well as of an individual" * Observer * "The cumulative effect is overwhelming" * New Republic * "He is a journalist of ideas on a very high level - the kind we lack and need in this country - who functions midway between the realms of art and of society, but whose function is indispensable, if thought is to be part of culture" * Saturday Review *

About this edition

• Publisher: Stein & Day Pub
• Publication date: 1984
• ISBN 10: 081286218X
• ISBN 13: 9780812862188
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 526