Arthur Koestler: The Story Of A Friendship
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, dust jacket present with minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Pencil underlining. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or library stamps visible.
A deeply personal memoir and biography, Arthur Koestler: The Story of a Friendship chronicles the long and complex relationship between Hungarian-British humorist George Mikes and one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and controversial intellectuals. Arthur Koestler — author of Darkness at Noon and a towering figure in political and literary thought — is presented here not through the cold lens of scholarship, but through the warmth, tension, and candour of genuine intimacy. Mikes draws on decades of personal correspondence, shared conversations, and direct observation to illuminate Koestler's fierce intellect, volatile personality, and restless search for meaning across politics, science, and mysticism. The result is a portrait that is at once affectionate and unflinching, capturing both the brilliance and the contradictions of a man who shaped the moral conscience of his era.
Author: George Mikes
Format: Hardback
Published: 1983, Andre Deutsch
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, dust jacket present with minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: Pencil underlining. Binding: Tight and secure. No stickers or library stamps visible.
A deeply personal memoir and biography, Arthur Koestler: The Story of a Friendship chronicles the long and complex relationship between Hungarian-British humorist George Mikes and one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and controversial intellectuals. Arthur Koestler — author of Darkness at Noon and a towering figure in political and literary thought — is presented here not through the cold lens of scholarship, but through the warmth, tension, and candour of genuine intimacy. Mikes draws on decades of personal correspondence, shared conversations, and direct observation to illuminate Koestler's fierce intellect, volatile personality, and restless search for meaning across politics, science, and mysticism. The result is a portrait that is at once affectionate and unflinching, capturing both the brilliance and the contradictions of a man who shaped the moral conscience of his era.