The Resource Koestler : the literary and political odyssey of a twentieth-century skeptic, Michael Scammell
Koestler : the literary and political odyssey of a twentieth-century skeptic, Michael Scammell
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- Summary
- The first authorized biography of one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century, based on new research and full access to its subject's papers. Best known as the creator of the classic anti-Communist novel Darkness at Noon, Koestler is here revealed as a man whose personal life was as astonishing as his literary accomplishments. The young Hungarian Jew whose experience of anti-Semitism and devotion to Zionism provoked him to move to Palestine; the foreign correspondent who risked his life from the North Pole to Franco's Spain; the committed Communist for whom the brutal truth of Stalin's show trials inspired the angry novel that became an instant classic in 1940; the escape from occupied France by joining the Foreign Legion and his bluffing his way illegally to England, where his controversial 1943 novel Arrival and Departure was the first to portray Hitler's Final Solution. Scammell also gives a full account of the author's voluminous writings, making the case that the autobiographies and essays are fit to stand beside Darkness at Noon as works of lasting literary value.--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 689 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780394576305
- Label
- Koestler : the literary and political odyssey of a twentieth-century skeptic
- Title
- Koestler
- Title remainder
- the literary and political odyssey of a twentieth-century skeptic
- Statement of responsibility
- Michael Scammell
- Subject
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- trueGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueIntellectual life -- Great Britain
- trueJournalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983
- Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- truePhilosophers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueAuthors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueWriting
- trueZionism
- trueZionists
- trueZionists -- Biography
- truePolitical activists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The first authorized biography of one of the most influential and controversial intellectuals of the twentieth century, based on new research and full access to its subject's papers. Best known as the creator of the classic anti-Communist novel Darkness at Noon, Koestler is here revealed as a man whose personal life was as astonishing as his literary accomplishments. The young Hungarian Jew whose experience of anti-Semitism and devotion to Zionism provoked him to move to Palestine; the foreign correspondent who risked his life from the North Pole to Franco's Spain; the committed Communist for whom the brutal truth of Stalin's show trials inspired the angry novel that became an instant classic in 1940; the escape from occupied France by joining the Foreign Legion and his bluffing his way illegally to England, where his controversial 1943 novel Arrival and Departure was the first to portray Hitler's Final Solution. Scammell also gives a full account of the author's voluminous writings, making the case that the autobiographies and essays are fit to stand beside Darkness at Noon as works of lasting literary value.--From publisher description
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2010
- Biography type
- individual biography
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- 334438
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Scammell, Michael
- Dewey number
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- 828/.91209
- B
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- portraits
- plates
- genealogical tables
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
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- Koestler, Arthur
- Zionists
- Political activists
- Philosophers
- Journalists
- Novelists, English
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the authorized biography
- Label
- Koestler : the literary and political odyssey of a twentieth-century skeptic, Michael Scammell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [579]-585) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 689 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780394576305
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008051108
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, genealogical table
- System control number
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- ocn277040869
- OCoLC
- Label
- Koestler : the literary and political odyssey of a twentieth-century skeptic, Michael Scammell
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [579]-585) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xxi, 689 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780394576305
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2008051108
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Other physical details
- illustrations, portraits, genealogical table
- System control number
-
- ocn277040869
- OCoLC
Subject
- trueGreat Britain -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- trueIntellectual life -- Great Britain
- trueJournalists -- Great Britain -- Biography
- Koestler, Arthur, 1905-1983
- Novelists, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- truePhilosophers -- Great Britain -- Biography
- trueAuthors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueWriting
- trueZionism
- trueZionists
- trueZionists -- Biography
- truePolitical activists -- Great Britain -- Biography
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