This was the third novel of Arthur Koestler's trilogy on ends and means - the other two are THE GLADIATORS and DARKNESS AT NOON - and the first he wrote in English. The central theme is the conflict between morality and expediency, and in this novel Koestler worked it out in terms of individual psychology. Peter Slavek starts out as a brave young revolutionary, but suffers a breakdown. On the analyst's couch he is made to discover, in Koestler's own words, 'that his crusading zeal was derived from unconscious guilt'.
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This was the third novel of Arthur Koestler's trilogy on ends and means - the other two are THE GLADIATORS and DARKNESS AT NOON - and the first he wrote in English. The central theme is the conflict between morality and expediency, and in this novel Koestler worked it out in terms of individual psychology. Peter Slavek starts out as a brave young revolutionary, but suffers a breakdown. On the analyst's couch he is made to discover, in Koestler's own words, 'that his crusading zeal was derived from unconscious guilt'.
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New York. 1960. Berkley Medallion. 1st Berkley Medallion Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 173 pages. paperback. G442. keywords: Literature Translated Hungary Eastern Europe England Paperback. FROM THE PUBLISHER-ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE (1943) is the third novel of Arthur Koestler's trilogy concerning the conflict between morality and expediency (as described in the postscript to the novel's 1966 Danube Edition). The first volume, The Gladiators, is about the subversion of the Spartacus revolt, and the second, Darkness at Noon, is the celebrated novel about the Soviet Show trials. ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE was Koestler's first full length work in English, THE GLADIATORS was originally written in Hungarian and DARKNESS AT NOON in German. It is often considered to be the weakest of the three. Written during the middle of World War II, ARRIVAL AND DEPARTURE reflects Koestler's own plight as a Hungarian refugee. Like Koestler, the main character is a former member of the Communist party. He escapes to 'Neutralia', a neutral country based on Portugal, where Koestler himself had gone, and flees from there. (Stephen Spender had supposedly said of Neutralia, ‘Names like that should not be allowed in novels! ') Reflecting Koestler's later life relationship with science, and particularly his disagreement with various movements within psychiatry, the main character emerges from treatment psychically neutered, and the critical question of the novel is how much of his later trauma and political activity is merely due to a small incident in his childhood. inventory #31205.
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New. Peter Slavek starts out as a brave young revolutionary, but suffers a breakdown. On the analyst's couch he is made to discover that his crusading zeal was derived from unconscious guilt. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 144. 1999. New Ed. Paperback.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Very Good. 0140181199. A Good Read ships from Toronto and Niagara Falls, NY-customers outside of North America please allow two to three weeks for delivery. Light wear to tips and edges, tanning to text block, remainder mark; 20Th Century Classics; 7 X 1 X 5 inches; 192 pages.
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Acceptable. First edition copy. Collectible-Acceptable. Book Good. No dust jacket. Published by the British Publishers Guild. Guild Books No. G1. (World War II, Fiction)
