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The Gladiators (1939)

by Arthur Koestler

Series: Koestler's Trilogy (book 1)

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Arthur Koestler's first novel, set in the late Roman Republic, tells the story of the revolt of Spartacus and man's search for Utopia. The first of three novels concerned with the 'ethics of revolution', it addresses the age-old debate of whether the end justifies the means, an argument continued in his classic novels Darkness at Noon and Arrival and Departure.… (more)
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"La primera novela en ser escrita es "La rebelión de los gladiadores" de Arthur Koestler, publicada en 1939. De origen húngaro, Koestler se afilió al Partido Comunista en 1931 y lo dejó, decepcionado, en 1937. Fruto de esa decepción surgió su novela, en la que, a través de la rebelión de Espartaco, hace un estudio pormenorizado de la revolución, en la que, inevitablemente, los generales que la idean terminan siendo para sus hombres más temibles que sus anteriores amos, ya que el esclavo que nunca ha tenido libertad, cuando la tiene no sabe lo que es ni que puede hacer con ella. La visión de Koestler es pesimista y trágica, y muestra a los propios esclavos renegando de Espartaco e incluso defendiendo a sus amos de él ya que no son capaces de entender lo que este les ofrece.".
  libreriarofer | Feb 18, 2024 |
This the story of the Spartacus revolt. It is written from a left-wing perspective, and was more to my taste than the later Kirk Douglas Movie. i probably read the 1966 reprint . ( )
  DinadansFriend | Aug 11, 2019 |
3784. The Gladiators, by Arthur Koestler (read 18 Aug 2003) This is a 1939 novel about Spartacus and the slave revolt of about 90 B.C. He had amazing success against Roman armies though of course he lost eventually. I could not get very interested in the book, which seems "German" with much discussion of questions about freedom, etc., which do not seem as exciting now that Communism is not the threat it was in 1939--this book was written just after Koestler left the Communist Party. ( )
  Schmerguls | Nov 11, 2007 |
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'When we had pased the gate, I pulled my hat down over my eyes and wept a little; and no one saw it.' Silvio Pellico
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Arthur Koestler's first novel, set in the late Roman Republic, tells the story of the revolt of Spartacus and man's search for Utopia. The first of three novels concerned with the 'ethics of revolution', it addresses the age-old debate of whether the end justifies the means, an argument continued in his classic novels Darkness at Noon and Arrival and Departure.

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