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An edition of The age of longing (1951)

The age of longing.

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An exploration of the moral temper of Western Europe.

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Macmillan
Language
English, German
Pages
362

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Subjects

Utopias, Fantasy fiction, Fiction, Koestler, arthur, 1905-1983

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Bolshevism, Human Spirit

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Cover of: The age of longing.
The age of longing.
1970, Hutchinson
in English
Cover of: The age of longing.
The age of longing.
1951, Macmillan
in English and German

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Table of Contents

PART ONE. i BASTILLE DAY, 195 .
Page 2
ii. AN INVITATION TO THE OPERA
Page 34
iii. THE LONGING OF THE FLESH
Page 41
iv. ATOMS AND MONKEYS
Page 55
V. WITCHES' SABBATH
Page 71
vi. A SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION
Page 93
vii. CALF'S HEAD AND CHAMPAGNE
Page 116
viii. THE FALLEN ANGELS
Page 131
ix. FATIGUE OF THE SYNAPSES
Page 144
X. A SOIREE AT MONSIEUR ANATOLES
Page 160
INTERLUDE
Page 185
PART TWO. THE RETURN OF THE PRODIGAL SON
Page 200
LOVE IN THE AFTERNOON
Page 214
DECLINE OF A HERO
Page 227
:] iv THE SHADOW OF NEANDERTHAL
Page 239
V. BRIDGE MEN AND TORRENT MEN
Page 256
vi. THE DOG AND THE BELL
Page 272
vii. CONCERNING THE ANTICHRIST
Page 281
viii. A FLASH OF INSPIRATION
Page 305
Ix. JUDITH AND HOLOFERNES
Page 322
X. MONSIEUR ANATOLES FUNER.\L
Page 340

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Library of Congress
PZ3.K8194 Ag, PR6021.O4 Ag, PZ3 .K8194 Ag

The Physical Object

Pagination
x, 362 p.
Number of pages
362

Edition Identifiers

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OL6092428M
Internet Archive
ageoflonging00koes
LCCN
51009546
OCLC/WorldCat
908800
Library Thing
336302

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OL804274W

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Koestler's fifth work of fiction is probably the most moving since "Darkness at Noon." It is in some ways more ambitious than that memorable novel. In "Darkness at Noon," Koestler dealt with the Bolshevik mind and the human spirit; he helped dispel the mystery of how both could be contained in a single vessel, a man. "The Age of Longing" deals not only with the Bolshevik mind, once again fellow-traveling with the human spirit, but with a number of other peculiarly conditioned minds--among them the democratic, the French, the religious, the literary the apostate and the American. In these dealings he meets with widely varying degrees of success. Finally, the book is built on the philosophic idea that the early 20th century was an age characterized by a longing for the absolute and certitude.

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