{"product_id":"2026200011873-secondhand-the-invisible-writing-being-the-second-volume-of-arrow-in-the-blue","title":"The Invisible Writing: Being The Second Volume Of Arrow In The Blue","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: N\/A\u003cbr\u003ePages: Tanning and foxing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA searing memoir from one of the twentieth century's most restless and searching intellectual minds, The Invisible Writing chronicles Arthur Koestler's turbulent years as a committed Communist — from his clandestine work for the Comintern in the 1930s to his harrowing imprisonment under Franco's regime during the Spanish Civil War, and his ultimate, agonising break with the Party. This second volume of his autobiography, following Arrow in the Blue, presents a visceral portrait of ideological devotion and disillusionment, tracing a journey through Soviet Russia, the bloodied landscapes of wartime Spain, and the darkest corridors of a totalitarian faith.\n\nKoestler writes with the precision of a journalist and the soul of a novelist, illuminating how intelligent, morally serious people surrendered themselves to a murderous ideology — and at what cost. Thematically rich and psychologically acute, the work stands as one of the defining personal testimonies of the Cold War era, sitting alongside Orwell and Camus in its unflinching confrontation with political evil. Its central metaphor — invisible ink, truths written in a script only time can reveal — haunts every page, leaving the reader to wonder how many of their own certainties are written in ink yet to appear.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130870538459,"sku":"2026200011873-SECONDHAND","price":15.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/96709124-a708-4bd5-9c3a-23997f906d23.png?v=1786591656","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200011873-secondhand-the-invisible-writing-being-the-second-volume-of-arrow-in-the-blue","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}