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Scum of the Earth

By Roland , Koestler , Arthur; Laqueur

Book information

Publisher
Eland Publishing
Year
2012
ISBN
978-1-906011-91-8, 1906011915
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
320 kB (328020 bytes)
Pages
321\0
Time added
2017-08-15 11:00:00
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Description

At the beginning of the Second World War, Koestler was living in the south of France working on Darkness at Noon. After retreating to Paris he was imprisoned by the French as an undesirable alien even though he had been a respected crusader against fascism. Only luck and his passionate energy allowed him to escape the fate of many of the innocent refugees, who were handed over to the Nazis for torture and often execution. Scum of the Earth is more than the story of Koestler's survival. His shrewd observation of the collapse of French determination to resist during the summer of 1940 is an. Read more... Abstract: This was the first book that Arthur Koestler wrote in English. It starts at the beginning of World War II when he was living in the South of France, working on "Darkness at Noon". After retreating to Paris, he was imprisoned as an undesirable alien. Read more...

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