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The novel Eclipse at Noon is one of the most powerful political fictions of the twentieth century. It describes the fate of an idealistic Bolshevik, a victim of Stalin's reign of terror.
Criticism as the main characteristic of Ondaatje's writing emphasizes the successful merging of past and present and local and global themes, as well as a careful analysis of the psyche and intimacy of the individual in the context of social conflicts.
The work is based on a true event that occurred in Spain in 1933: Aurora Rodriguez killed her daughter Hildegart, a famous fighter for women's emancipation and a cult figure on the political scene of the time.
