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Sonnenfinsternis

By: Arthur Koestler
Narrated by: Ilja Richter
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Mit Sonnenfinsternis, einem Klassiker der politischen Literatur, zuerst erschienen 1940, erzählt Arthur Koestler (1905 - 1983) beispielhaft die Mechanismen totalitärer und diktatorischer Systeme. Er reißt Ihnen die Maske herunter: unmenschliche Ideologie hinter vordergründig menschenfreundlicher Ideologie. Lüge und Mord zur Machterhaltung. Sonnenfinsternis führt vor, dass niemand totalitärer Macht entkommen kann.

Arthur Koestler hatten die stalinistischen Schauprozesse für diese Mechanismen die Augen geöffnet. Als Konsequenz trat er 1938 aus der Kommunistischen Partei aus. Er floh nach England. Das deutsche Originalmanuskript galt als verloren, bis es 2015 in einer Zürcher Bibliothek wiedergefunden wurde. Der Elsinor Verlag e. K. hat Sonnenfinsternis nach dem deutschen Originalmanuskript in diesem Jahr veröffentlicht.

Arthur Koestler (1905-1983) war ein ungarisch-britischer Schriftsteller und Journalist. Seine bekanntesten Werke sind "Sonnenfinsternis", "Von Heiligen und Automaten", "Der Krötenküsser", "Der dreizehnte Stamm" und "Janus".

©1940 Arthur Koestler (P)2018 SWR

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Beware uns …

von solchen Machtgefüge. Von jeder Couleur. Wachsam bleiben und schnell handeln, bevor es zu spät wird.

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Original manuscript version less compelling

Found story less compelling than when I read the original edition years ago. Imprisonment is not just frightening, but also monotonous and soul-destroying. as Koestler knew from personal experience.

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