The Gladiators
The book is the first of a trilogy, including Darkness at Noon, and Arrival and Departure, which address idealism going wrong. This is a common theme in Koestler's work and life. Koestler uses his portrayal of the original slave revolt to examine the experience of the 20thcentury political left in Europe following the rise of a Communist government in the Soviet Union. He published it on the brink of World War II. Originally written in German, the novel was translated into English for other audiences and was published in 1939. In 1998 the British critic Geoffrey Wheatcroft wrote of the novel: In The Gladiator…
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- ISBN: 978-1-939438-49-2
- EAN: 9781939438492
- Produktnummer: 20629732
- Verlag: Last Century Media
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 1981
- Seitenangabe: 322 S.
- Masse: H21.6 cm x B14.2 cm x D2.2 cm 378 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 378
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