Reflections on Hanging

by Arthur Koestler

Book Overview

Reflections on Hanging is a searing indictment of capital punishment, inspired by its author's own time in the shadow of a firing squad. During the Spanish Civil War, Arthur Koestler was held by the Franco regime as a political prisoner, and condemned to death. He was freed, but only after months of witnessing the fates of less-fortunate inmates. That experience informs every page of the book, which was first published in England in 1956,...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0820355356
• ISBN13: 9780820355351
• Release Date: March 2019
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"