The Heel of Achilles: Essays 1968-1973

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Random House, 1974 - Literary Collections - 273 pages

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Contents

Rebellion in a Vacuum
20
Can Psychiatrists Be Trusted?
33
Sins of Omission
49
Copyright

10 other sections not shown

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About the author (1974)

Arthur Koestler was born on September 5, 1905 in Budapest, Hungary and studied at the University of Vienna. Koestler was a Middle East correspondent for several German newspapers, wrote for the Manchester Guardian, the London Times and the New York Herald Tribune. Koestler wrote Darkness at Noon, which centers on the destructiveness of politics, The Act of Creation, a book about creativity, and The Ghost in the Machine, which bravely attacks behaviorism. Arthur Koestler died in London on March 3, 1983.

Bibliographic information

TitleThe Heel of Achilles: Essays 1968-1973
AuthorArthur Koestler
PublisherRandom House, 1974
Original fromthe University of Virginia
DigitizedMar 29, 2011
ISBN0394495969, 9780394495965
Length273 pages
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