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The first volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon.
In 1931, Arthur Koestler joined the Communist Party, an event he felt to be second only in importance to his birth in shaping his destiny.
The remarkable first autobiography by the internationally acclaimed author of Darkness at Noon
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The remarkable first autobiography by the internationally acclaimed author of Darkness at Noon.
The first volume of the remarkable autobiography of Arthur Koestler, author of Darkness at Noon.
In 1931, Arthur Koestler joined the Communist Party, an event he felt to be second only in importance to his birth in shaping his destiny. Before that point, he lived a tumultuous and varied existence. He was a member of the duelling fraternity at the University of Vienna; a collective farm worker in Galilee; a tramp and street vendor in Haifa; the editor of a weekly paper in Cairo; the foreign correspondent of the biggest continental newspaper chain in Paris and the Middle East; a science editor in Berlin; and a member of the North Pole expedition of the Graf Zeppelin.
Written with enormous zest, joie de vivre and frankness, Arrow in the Blue is a fascinating self-portrait of a remarkable young man at the heart of the events that shaped the twentieth century.
The second volume of Arthur Koestler's autobiography is The Invisible Writing.
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Arrow in the Blue, Arthur Koestler's autobiography, is praised for its deep and moving portrayal of an entire generation alongside a personal narrative. The work is described as overwhelming in its impact, combining high-level intellectual journalism with cultural insight. It is considered by some to be one of the most remarkable autobiographies since Rousseau's confessions.
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ISBN: 9781784876173
Publisher: Vintage Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 05 September 2019
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Vintage Classics
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 30.0mm
Width: 130.0mm
Height: 198.0mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 432
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 he was an active member of the Communist Party, and was captured by Franco in the Spanish Civil War. In 1940 he came to England, adopting the language with his first book in English, 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.
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