The Age of Longing

Arthur Koestler

Original title: The age of longing

earliest edition we have, 1970 Gudi︠a︡l-Press, 2000 398 pages

Serii︠a︡ "Sobranie"

Koestler's fifth work of fiction is probably the most moving since "Darkness at Noon." It is in some ways more ambitious than that memorable novel. In "Darkness at Noon," Koestler dealt with the Bolshevik mind and the human spirit; he helped dispel the mystery of how both could be contained in a single vessel, a man. "The Age of Longing" deals not only with the Bolshevik mind, once again fellow-traveling with the hum...

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Prizrak gri︠a︡dushchego edition · 2004 · Makhaon · 473 pages
Vek vozhdelenii︠a︡ edition · 2000 · Gudi︠a︡l-Press · 398 pages
The Age of Longing hardcover · 1970 · Arrow (A Division of Random House Group) · 384 pages · 9780091045203

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