Forum Discusses Koestler's Novel

Professors from three fields will discuss Arthur Koestler's "Darkness at Noon" at the Graduate Forum at 8 p.m. tonight in Emerson 211.

The speakers are Isaiah Berlin, lecturer on Regional Studies, Albert Guerard, associate professor of English, and Alex Inkeles, lecturer on social Relations and associate at the Russian Research Center.

Berlin will discuss the novel as a political and philosophical tract. Inkeles will talk on the political and historical background of the book, while Guerard will take up its literary aspects. "Darkness at Noon" deals with the experiences of a political prisoner during the Communist purge of 1936.