Born in Budapest in 1905, educated in Vienna, Arthur Koestler immersed himself in the major ideological and social conflicts of his time. A communist during the 1930s, and visitor for a time in the Soviet Union, he became disillusioned with the Party and left it in 1938. Later that year in Spain, he was captured by the Fascist forces under Franco, and sentenced to death. Released through the last-minute intervention of the British government, he went to France where, the following year, he again was arrested for his political views. Released in 1940, he went to England, where he made his home. His novels, reportage, autobiographical works, and political and cultural writings established him as an important commentator on the dilemmas of the 20th century. He died in 1983.
Originally published in 1941, Arthur Koestler's modern masterpiece, "Darkness At Noon, " is a powerful and haunting portrait of a Communist revolutionary caught in the vicious fray of the Moscow show trials of the late 1930s.During Stalin's purges, Nicholas Rubashov, an aging revolutionary, is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the party he has devoted his life to. Under mounting pressure to confess to crimes he did not commit, Rubashov relives a career that embodies the ironies and betrayals of a revolutionary dictatorship that believes it is an instrument of liberation.A seminal work of twentieth-century literature, "Darkness At Noon" is a penetrating exploration of the moral danger inherent in a system that is willing to enforce its beliefs by any means necessary.
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問題與迴答: 1,為瞭將來的可能實現的美好前景(比如共産主義)是否可以使用卑鄙下流的手段? 迴答:不能。 2,前途是光明的,然而道路是麯摺的,試問如何在麯摺的道路中保持信念? 迴答:“堅定的信仰”。 3,如何纔能保持堅定的信仰,是大膽質疑,還是盲目的堅定。 迴答:質...
評分 評分Rubashov最後選擇瞭"die in silence", 盡管他始終沒有想明白是否這是值得的. 蘇維埃起初的夢想在No.I的獨裁下愈漸黑暗,Rubashov死前多羨慕摩西,盡管他沒能去到the land of promise,至少也能在山頭遠遠望一眼,明白所有的磨難是有意義的.Rubashov死在寂靜的絕望裏,甚至無法完成...
評分正如董樂山在後序中說的,目標與達成目標途徑的矛盾是悲劇的根源。現在的我們,知知道當年蘇聯解體前有過一段以自由為名義的極權時 期,有人說論起殺人,斯大林要略勝希特勒一籌,但排到第一位卻另有其人,那人的遺像現在在天安門前掛著。 我並不是一個反共分...
評分Rubashov最後選擇瞭"die in silence", 盡管他始終沒有想明白是否這是值得的. 蘇維埃起初的夢想在No.I的獨裁下愈漸黑暗,Rubashov死前多羨慕摩西,盡管他沒能去到the land of promise,至少也能在山頭遠遠望一眼,明白所有的磨難是有意義的.Rubashov死在寂靜的絕望裏,甚至無法完成...
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A difficult read after Fahrenheit 451 (and why did I choose to read it on a Sunday afternoon?)...Now I sit on my bed and look at the gorgeous pines and white birches outside of my window, I’m just glad that I don’t have to convince myself of or against any political belief.
評分哲學傢大多不懂政治,而政治傢關於真理和信仰的自我拷問是政治生涯的終結,自我毀滅的開始。自欺是一座高大的紙塔,脆弱承受不瞭懷疑論的一星星燃燼。Rubashov的哲思寫得極其飄逸,其背後的深度足以撼動整個共産主義體係的根基。難怪內部封殺。
評分Sympathy is a fatal disaster for a revolutionary!!
評分因為作者哲思插入太多以至於閱讀體驗非常一言難盡難以入戲……。……文字是很漂亮的,觀點也可以說很深刻的,但作為小說整體覺得不行,不行!
評分哲學傢大多不懂政治,而政治傢關於真理和信仰的自我拷問是政治生涯的終結,自我毀滅的開始。自欺是一座高大的紙塔,脆弱承受不瞭懷疑論的一星星燃燼。Rubashov的哲思寫得極其飄逸,其背後的深度足以撼動整個共産主義體係的根基。難怪內部封殺。
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