It follows on from Arrow in the Blue, published two years earlier, and which described his life from his birth in 1905, to 1931, and deals with a much shorter period, a mere eight years (as opposed to the twenty six of the previous volume). This was nonetheless, a highly significant period in Koestler's life, as it involved his membership and subsequent alienation from the Communist movement.
As well as his relationship with Communism, The Invisible Writing is also interesting for its documentation of Europe in the years leading up to World War II, both his native Hungary and Austria, Germany, and also the west, such as Spain, France and England.
Scum of the Earth was a very lightly fictionalised account of his detention at Camp Vernet, and subsequent escape in the pre-World War II period.
Koestler's experiences with Communism were also discussed by him in the anti-Communist The God that Failed (1949), which collected the testimonies of several ex-Communists.
Von Weissen Nächten und Roten Tagen ("From White Nights and Red Days"), published in 1933, also recounts some of the early period of this book. It is very difficult to find, being mostly published in the Soviet Union, and long out of print. It is nonetheless significant as Koestler's first published book.
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^Ambrose Ambrose, Peter Peter John John, and P. Calvocoressi. "Spiritual Odyssey." The Times Literary Supplement, no. 2735, 2 July 1954, p. 419.
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invisible, writing, this, article, needs, additional, citations, verification, please, help, improve, this, article, adding, citations, reliable, sources, unsourced, material, challenged, removed, find, sources, news, newspapers, books, scholar, jstor, februar. This article needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources The Invisible Writing news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2024 Learn how and when to remove this message The Invisible Writing The Second Volume Of An Autobiography 1932 40 1954 is a book by Arthur Koestler 1 First edition publ Collins with Hamish Hamilton It follows on from Arrow in the Blue published two years earlier and which described his life from his birth in 1905 to 1931 and deals with a much shorter period a mere eight years as opposed to the twenty six of the previous volume This was nonetheless a highly significant period in Koestler s life as it involved his membership and subsequent alienation from the Communist movement As well as his relationship with Communism The Invisible Writing is also interesting for its documentation of Europe in the years leading up to World War II both his native Hungary and Austria Germany and also the west such as Spain France and England In The Invisible Writing Koestler recalls that during the summer of 1935 he wrote about half of a satirical novel called The Good Soldier Schweik Goes to War Again It had been commissioned by Willy Munzenberg the Comintern s chief propagandist in the West but was vetoed by the Party on the grounds of the book s pacifist errors p 283 Much of the experiences in this book were also to be found in some form elsewhere Koestler s incarceration in the Spanish Civil War by the Phalange documented in Spanish Testament 1937 and revised 1942 as Dialogue with Death and which formed part of the basis for his novel Darkness at Noon 1940 Scum of the Earth was a very lightly fictionalised account of his detention at Camp Vernet and subsequent escape in the pre World War II period Koestler s experiences with Communism were also discussed by him in the anti Communist The God that Failed 1949 which collected the testimonies of several ex Communists Von Weissen Nachten und Roten Tagen From White Nights and Red Days published in 1933 also recounts some of the early period of this book It is very difficult to find being mostly published in the Soviet Union and long out of print It is nonetheless significant as Koestler s first published book References edit Ambrose Ambrose Peter Peter John John and P Calvocoressi Spiritual Odyssey The Times Literary Supplement no 2735 2 July 1954 p 419 nbsp This article about a biographical book on writers or poets is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title The Invisible Writing amp oldid 1203932678, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
