Arthur Koestler - Free Library Land Online

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While the study of psychology has offered little in the way of explaining the creative process, Koestler examines the idea that we are at our most creative when rational thought is suspended--for example, in dreams and trancelike states. All who read The Act of Creation will find it a compelling and illuminating book.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 The Sleepwalkers https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41797-the_sleepwalkers.html https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41797-the_sleepwalkers.html

An extraordinary history of humanity's changing vision of the universe. In this masterly synthesis, Arthur Koestler cuts through the sterile distinction between 'sciences' and 'humanities' to bring to life the whole history of cosmology from the Babylonians to Newton. He shows how the tragic split between science and religion arose and how, in particular, the modern world-view replaced the medieval world-view in the scientific revolution of the seventeenth century. He also provides vivid and judicious pen-portraits of a string of great scientists and makes clear the role that political bias and unconscious prejudice played in their creativity.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 The Ghost in the Machine https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41793-the_ghost_in_the_machine.html https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41793-the_ghost_in_the_machine.html

Koestler examines the notion that the parts of the human brain-structure which account for reason and emotion are not fully coordinated. This kind of deficiency may explain the paranoia, violence, and insanity that are central parts of human history, according to Koestler's challenging analysis of the human predicament.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 Darkness at Noon https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41795-darkness_at_noon.html https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41795-darkness_at_noon.html

Darkness at Noon (from the German: Sonnenfinsternis) is a novel by the Hungarian-born British novelist Arthur Koestler, first published in 1940. His best-known work tells the tale of Rubashov, a Bolshevik 1917 revolutionary who is cast out, imprisoned and tried for treason by the Soviet government he'd helped create. Darkness at Noon stands as an unequaled fictional portrayal of the nightmare politics of our time. Its hero is an aging revolutionary, imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the Party to which he has dedicated his life. As the pressure to confess preposterous crimes increases, he relives a career that embodies the terrible ironies and human betrayals of a totalitarian movement masking itself as an instrument of deliverance. Almost unbearably vivid in its depiction of one man's solitary agony, it asks questions about ends and means that have relevance not only for the past but for the perilous present. It is —- as the Times Literary Supplement has declared —- "A remarkable book, a grimly fascinating interpretation of the logic of the Russian Revolution, indeed of all revolutionary dictatorships, and at the same time a tense and subtly intellectualized drama."]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 Thieves in the Night: Chronicle of an Experiment https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41796-thieves_in_the_night_chronicle_of_an_experiment.html https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41796-thieves_in_the_night_chronicle_of_an_experiment.html

Thieves in the Night: Chronicle of an Experiment

Based on the author's own experiences in a kibbutz, it sets up a stage in describing the historical roots of the conflict between Arabs and Jewish settlers in the British ruled Palestine.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 21:47:48 +0300 Janus: A Summing Up https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41799-janus_a_summing_up.html https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41799-janus_a_summing_up.html

]]> Sat, 14 Oct 1978 13:07:24 +0300 The Call-Girls: A Tragi-Comedy With Prologue and Epilogue https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41798-the_call-girls_a_tragi-comedy_with_prologue_and_epilogue.html https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/41798-the_call-girls_a_tragi-comedy_with_prologue_and_epilogue.html

s/t: A Tragi-comedy in Memoriam Messieurs Bouvard et Pecuchet]]> Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:07:24 +0300 Thieves in the Night https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/162621-thieves_in_the_night.html https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/162621-thieves_in_the_night.html

Thieves in the Night : Chronicle of an Experiment was written in 1946. Originally intended to be the first of a trilogy, Koestler later concluded that the book stood on its own and plans for further novels made redundant.Based on the author's own experiences in a kibbutz, it sets up a stage in describing the historical roots of the conflict between Arabs and Jewish settlers in the British ruled Palestine.The book tackles many subjects, such as Zionism and idealism. Koestler was Zionist early in life, but later abandoned the idea.The title is a Biblical reference, quoted on the title page: "But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night." (2 Peter 3:10)]]> Tue, 13 Nov 2012 20:00:04 +0200 The Call-Girls https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/123887-the_call-girls.html https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/123887-the_call-girls.html

In this novel the call-girls are the men and women of the international jet-set who, at the lift of a telephone, will fly from conference to congress to symposium to discuss subjects of world importance. This time the place is Switzerland and the subject Survival...]]> Sun, 11 Nov 2012 21:47:55 +0200 Janus https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/113484-janus.html https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/113484-janus.html Janus

]]> Sun, 11 Nov 2012 15:58:53 +0200 Darkness at Noon https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/107238-darkness_at_noon.html https://war.library.land/arthur-koestler/107238-darkness_at_noon.html

Originally published in 1941, Arthur Koestler's modern masterpiece, Darkness At Noon, is a powerful and haunting portrait of a Communist revolutionary caught in the vicious fray of the Moscow show trials of the late 1930s. During Stalin's purges, Nicholas Rubashov, an aging revolutionary, is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the party he has devoted his life to. Under mounting pressure to confess to crimes he did not commit, Rubashov relives a career that embodies the ironies and betrayals of a revolutionary dictatorship that believes it is an instrument of liberation. A seminal work of twentieth-century literature, Darkness At Noon is a penetrating exploration of the moral danger inherent in a system that is willing to enforce its beliefs by any means necessary.]]> Wed, 14 Sep 1977 15:13:56 +0300