Arthur Koestler

Broschiertes Buch

Arrow in the Blue

Beschreibung

Arrow in the Blue is the first volume of Arthur Koestler's autobiography. In the years before 1931, Arthur Koestler lived a tumultuous and varied existence. The second volume of Arthur Koestler's autobiography is The Invisible Writing.

Autor

Arthur Koestler was born in Budapest in 1905. He attended the University of Vienna before working as a foreign correspondent in the Middle East, Berlin and Paris. For six years he was an active member of the Communist Party, and was captured by Franco in the Spanish Civil War. In 1940 he came to England, adopting the language with his first book in English, Scum of the Earth. His publications manifest a wide range of political, scientific and literary interests, and include Darkness at Noon, Arrow in the Blue and The Invisible Writing. He died in 1983 by suicide, having frequently expressed a belief in the right to euthanasia.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Vintage Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 416
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. September 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 200mm x 129mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 290g
• ISBN-13: 9780099490678
• ISBN-10: 0099490676
• Artikelnr.: 22030621