Furst’s early books in the “Night Soldiers” series, “Dark Star” being the second, are described as a collection of novellas. According to Furst, that format is among the most sublime in fiction/5(). Second in Alan Furst's sequence of espionage novels set in late 's and early 's Europe, "Dark Star" focuses upon the experiences of Andre Szara, a Soviet journalist of Polish-Jewish origins and a reluctant spy for the NKVD. Szara's byzantine path takes him through the mutual horrors of Hitler's Germany and of the Stalinist underground.5/5(5). Alan Furst's great historical espionage novel, Dark Star is a prewar epic of Europe's moral ambiguities and shifting loyalties. Told through the eyes of Pravda journalist and Luftmensch (and sometimes NKVD spy) André Szara, the story stretches from Paris to Berlin, Warsaw, and even down to Izmir.
From Alan Furst, often compared to John le Carré, Graham Greene, and Eric Ambler, and praised as the best spy novelist ever, a trio of his classic worksFurst, known for panoramic vision, deep authenticity, and a magnificent eye for historical detail, always sets his novels in the twilight world of Europe in the s and first years of World War II, when the British, Russian, German, and many. The novels of Alan Furst are translated in 17 languages around the world. He is also the author of many best-sellers: Night Soldiers, The Polish Officer, Kingdom of Shadows, The World at Night, Dark Star, The Spies of Warsaw and many others. Today he lives in an old house on long Island. His writings. Dark Star captures not only the intrigue and danger of clandestine life but the day-to-day reality of what Soviet operatives call special work. Alan Furst, widely recognized as the master of the historical spy novel, is the author of A Hero of France, Midnight in Europe.
Furst’s early books in the “Night Soldiers” series, “Dark Star” being the second, are described as a collection of novellas. According to Furst, that format is among the most sublime in fiction. Dark Star - Alan Furst. I t is A world war is two years away. Across Europe the Nazi Gestapo and the Soviet NKVD engage in a struggle for supremacy. On the front line is Andre Szara, a jew, foreign correspondent for Pravda and an NKVD spy. The book Dark Star by Alan Furst is a murky and dense novel with a seemingly acquired bit of taste. In this book, Andre Szara, a seasoned soviet journalist reluctantly evolves from a party participant and establishes himself as an established spy master and a romantic rogue eventually. The protagonist in the novel, Szara is an affable sort of European observer who engages events that he knows very well are beyond his control.
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