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Darkness at Noon |
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Darkness at Noon Communists accused of having betrayed party principles are imprisoned, tortured, and executed. [Br. Lit.: Weiss, 117] See : Totalitarianism How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Seemingly sensitive to the depredations of the Orwellian world of Women's Centers and intrusive, careerist power, Prose's novel even aspires to being a Darkness at Noon for our times. One is left uneasy, too, by her few references to important books, and a description of Koestler's Darkness at Noon as being about "Soviet cruelty " simply raises doubts as to whether she has ever read it. The smoke shrouded many towns in darkness at noon and exposed 20 million people across Southeast Asia to harmful smoke-borne pollutants for months. |
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