Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler.

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Darkness at Noon Arthur Koestler

Background Who was Koestler? Context: I. Russian Revolution of 1917 Succession to Lenin? -- NEP -- First Five Year Plan -- Politics of succession: Trotsky/ Bukharin/Zinoviev --Moscow Trials: civilization? The “line”; intention

Succession Trotsky Bukharin Zinoviev Stalin

D at N: Dramatis personae Rubashov – looks like Zinoviev and talks like Bukharin Ivanov- old friend; first interrogator Little Loewy and Richard – agents betrayed by R Arlova – secretary-mistress; also betrayed Gletkin – new apparatchik; second interrogator Number One – Stalin Old Man - Lenin

Metaphoric Context of the Book “darkness at noon” – when? Three interrogations. Why? Context for Koestler Forced collectivization -- guilt and intention --historical necessity (?) -- the Party Evaluation

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