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Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
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A masterpiece of world literature, this novel takes a necessary look at Soviet, particularly Stalinist totalitarianism. The little father of the people has killed or had killed more men than Hitler, a sad record that does not forgive the previous one. Based on facts extracted from reality, this novel explains the lack of value of man in totalitarian systems that annihilate him in the name of a so-called cause, which is often none other than the priority of their interests.
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Reading Progress

December 22, 2021 – Shelved as: to-read
December 22, 2021 – Shelved
December 22, 2021 – Shelved as: recommendations
December 13, 2023 – Started Reading
December 13, 2023 – Shelved as: next-to-read
December 13, 2023 –
page 31
14.69% "Perhaps he was kneeling on the bunk with his hands folded - like the prisoner in No. 407 had folded them to receive his piece of bread.
And now, at last, Rubashov knew of what experience this gesture had reminded him - the imploring gesture of the meager, stretched-out hands. Pietà ..."
December 14, 2023 –
page 80
37.91% "He smiled down at Rubashov. In the corridor, steps were approaching; the door was opened. Two warders came in and saluted. Without a word, Rubashov stepped between them; they started the march back to his cell. The noises in the corridors had now died out; from some cells came a subdued snoring, which sounded like moaning. The yellow, stale, electric light was burning all over the building."
December 15, 2023 –
page 133
63.03% "Gletkin shrugged his shoulders, shoved his collar and crackling cuffs into place, and continued working on the pile of documents."
December 15, 2023 –
page 170
80.57% "He rubbed cold water on his forehead and neck at the wash basin, put on his pince-nez, and again started the march through the corridors, past the barber's room and cellar stairs, with steps which swayed slightly without his knowing it."
December 16, 2023 –
page 192
91.0% "She sat down in her usual place in the corner. 'I congratulate you on your success, Comrade Gletkin,' she said.
Gletkin turned the lamp down to normal.
'That,' he said with a glance at the lamp, 'plus lack of sleep and physical exhaustion. It is all a matter of constitution.'"
December 16, 2023 – Shelved as: 2023-readings
December 16, 2023 – Shelved as: historical-fiction
December 16, 2023 – Shelved as: politics
December 16, 2023 – Shelved as: philosophy
December 16, 2023 – Shelved as: british-literature
December 16, 2023 – Shelved as: russian-literature
December 16, 2023 – Shelved as: e-5
December 16, 2023 – Shelved as: english-editions
December 16, 2023 – Finished Reading

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