Spanish Testament
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair , ex-library
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A gripping work of autobiographical non-fiction, Spanish Testament chronicles Arthur Koestler's harrowing firsthand experience during the Spanish Civil War, culminating in his capture by Nationalist forces and imprisonment under sentence of death. Written with unflinching honesty and searing emotional intensity, the narrative details the brutal realities of Franco's regime as witnessed from within its prison walls, where Koestler spent months in solitary confinement awaiting execution. The work presents a profound meditation on fear, mortality, and the human capacity for resilience, drawing on Koestler's own psychological transformation during his ordeal. Later condensed and republished as Dialogue with Death, the prison diary section stands as one of the most powerful pieces of political testimony to emerge from the turbulent 1930s. Urgent, deeply personal, and politically charged, it remains an essential document of conscience from one of the twentieth century's most compelling intellectual witnesses.
Author: Arthur Koestler
Format: Paperback
Published: 1937, Victor Gollancz Ltd
Genre: Biography
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair , ex-library
Jacket: No dust jacket
Pages: Good
Markings: Ex-library with usual markings
Condition remarks: Condition as shown in image
A gripping work of autobiographical non-fiction, Spanish Testament chronicles Arthur Koestler's harrowing firsthand experience during the Spanish Civil War, culminating in his capture by Nationalist forces and imprisonment under sentence of death. Written with unflinching honesty and searing emotional intensity, the narrative details the brutal realities of Franco's regime as witnessed from within its prison walls, where Koestler spent months in solitary confinement awaiting execution. The work presents a profound meditation on fear, mortality, and the human capacity for resilience, drawing on Koestler's own psychological transformation during his ordeal. Later condensed and republished as Dialogue with Death, the prison diary section stands as one of the most powerful pieces of political testimony to emerge from the turbulent 1930s. Urgent, deeply personal, and politically charged, it remains an essential document of conscience from one of the twentieth century's most compelling intellectual witnesses.