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The Gladiators

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  • 322 stránok
  • 12 hodin čítania

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The book is the first of a trilogy, including Darkness at Noon , and Arrival and Departure , which address idealism going wrong. This is a common theme in Koestler's work and life. Koestler uses his portrayal of the original slave revolt to examine the experience of the 20thcentury political left in Europe following the rise of a Communist government in the Soviet Union. He published it on the brink of World War II. Originally written in German, the novel was translated into English for other audiences and was published in 1939. In 1998 the British critic Geoffrey Wheatcroft wrote of the novel: "In The Gladiators , Koestler used Spartacus's revolt around 65BC to explore the search for the just city, the inevitable compromises of revolution, the conflict of ends and means, the question of whether and when it is justifiable to sacrifice lives for an abstract ideal.

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The Gladiators, Arthur Koestler

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Rok vydania
1981
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Titul
The Gladiators
Jazyk
anglicky
Vydavateľ
One 70 Press
Rok vydania
1981
Väzba
mäkká
Počet strán
322
ISBN10
1939438497
ISBN13
9781939438492
Série
Pôvodný názov
The gladiators
Hodnotenie
4,1 z 5
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The book is the first of a trilogy, including Darkness at Noon , and Arrival and Departure , which address idealism going wrong. This is a common theme in Koestler's work and life. Koestler uses his portrayal of the original slave revolt to examine the experience of the 20thcentury political left in Europe following the rise of a Communist government in the Soviet Union. He published it on the brink of World War II. Originally written in German, the novel was translated into English for other audiences and was published in 1939. In 1998 the British critic Geoffrey Wheatcroft wrote of the novel: "In The Gladiators , Koestler used Spartacus's revolt around 65BC to explore the search for the just city, the inevitable compromises of revolution, the conflict of ends and means, the question of whether and when it is justifiable to sacrifice lives for an abstract ideal.