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Koestler’s oeuvre invites contemplation on themes of freedom, morality, and the pursuit of truth, making his collection a stimulating addition for those drawn to profound and thought-provoking literature.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"darkness-at-noon-by-arthur-koestler-9781784873196","title":"Darkness at Noon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant new translation, based on Koestler's long-lost original manuscript - the chilling, unforgettable portrayal of a Soviet revolutionary who falls foul of the regime to which he has dedicated his life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eA brilliant new translation of Koestler's long-lost original manuscript. A chilling and unforgettable 20th century classic.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFrom a prison cell in an unnamed country run by a totalitarian government, Rubashov reflects. Once a powerful player in the regime, mercilessly dispensing with anyone who got in the way of his party's aims, Rubashov has had the tables turned on him. He has been arrested and he'll be interrogated, probably tortured and certainly executed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/em\u003e is as gripping as a thriller and a seminal work of twentieth-century literature. Published in Great Britain in 1940, it was feted by George Orwell, went on to be translated into thirty languages, and is considered the finest work of pre-eminent European master, Arthur Koestler. And yet the novel's worldwide reputation has, for over seventy years, been based on the first incomplete and inexpert English translation - Koestler's original manuscript was lost when he fled the German occupation of Paris in 1940.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 2016, a student discovered that long-lost manuscript in a Zurich archive. 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It is noteworthy for being the first of the trilogy that Koestler wrote in English.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe novel explores the central theme of the conflict between morality and expediency through the lens of individual psychology. The protagonist, Peter Slavek, begins his journey as a brave young revolutionary but experiences a mental breakdown. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOn the analyst's couch, Slavek discovers, in Koestler's own words, \"that his crusading zeal was derived from unconscious guilt\". 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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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eWritten with enormous zest, joie de vivre and frankness, \u003cem\u003eArrow in the Blue\u003c\/em\u003e is a fascinating self-portrait of a remarkable young man at the heart of the events that shaped the twentieth century.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThe second volume of Arthur Koestler's autobiography is \u003cem\u003eThe Invisible Writing\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House NZ","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46457548701932,"sku":"9781784876173","price":35.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/13376563482823.jpg?v=1747742617"},{"product_id":"darkness-at-noon-by-arthur-koestler-9781501161315","title":"Darkness at Noon","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe newly discovered lost text of Arthur Koestler's modern masterpiece, \u003cem\u003eDarkness at Noon\u003c\/em\u003e—the haunting portrait of a revolutionary, imprisoned and tortured under totalitarian rule—is now restored and in a completely new translation.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Unknown","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47642831192300,"sku":"9781501161315","price":51.0,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/a0ac69f35cc7afb880ed6c8aff384233.jpg?v=1779161789"},{"product_id":"the-thirteenth-tribe-by-arthur-koestler-9781939438997","title":"The Thirteenth Tribe","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAll original edition. 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Yet they have a close and unexpected bearing on our world, which emerges as Koestler recounts the fascinating history of the ancient Khazar Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt about the time that Charlemagne was Emperor in the West, the Khazars' sway extended from the Black Sea to the Caspian, from the Caucasus to the Volga, and they were instrumental in stopping the Muslim onslaught against Byzantium, the eastern jaw of the gigantic pincer movement that in the West swept across northern Africa and into Spain.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eThereafter, the Khazars found themselves in a precarious position between the two major world powers: the Eastern Roman Empire in Byzantium and the triumphant followers of Mohammed. As Koestler points out, the Khazars were the Third World of their day. They chose a surprising method of resisting both the Western pressure to become Christian and the Eastern to adopt Islam. 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