La rencontre entre Zorba le Grec et le narrateur, un ingénieur : leur amitié, leur voyage et l'échec de leur entreprise crétoise. Une aventure spirituelle et aussi un immense poème, chef-d'oeuvre de N. Kazantzaki
The inhabitants of a Greek village, ruled by the Turks, plan to enact the life of Christ in a mystery play but are overwhelmed by their task. A group of refugees, fleeing from the ruins of their plundered homes, arrive asking for protection - and suddenly the drama of the Passion becomes reality.
"A tragic play about the Ancient Greek warrior-king Odysseus, and a prequel to Nikos Kazantzakis's epic poem The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel, inspired by Homer's The Odyssey"--
This autobiographical novel is one of the last things written by Kazantzakis before he died in 1957. It paints a vivid picture of his childhood in Crete, and then steadily grows into a spiritual quest that takes him to Italy, Jerusalem, Paris, Vienna, Berlin and Russia.
Novel which portrays Christ as a sensitive human being who is torn between his own passionates desires and his triumphant destiny on the cross.
The Fratricides is about internecine strife in a village in the Epirus during the Greek civil war of the late 1940s. Many of the villagers, including Captain Drakos, son of the local priest Father Yanaros, have taken to the mountains and joined the Communist rebels. It is Holy Week and, with murder, death and destruction everywhere, Father Yanaros feels that he himself is bearing the sins of the world.
The context is Crete in the late nineteenth century, the epic struggle between Greeks and Turks, between Christianity and Islam. A new uprising takes place to rival those of 1854, 1866 and 1878, and the island is thrown into confusion yet again. The life of the local community continues shakily, but is disrupted by explosions of violence.
Blending historical fact and classical myth, the author transports the reader 3,000 years into the past, to a pivotal point in history: the final days before the ancient kingdom of Minoan Crete is to be conquered and supplanted by the emerging city-state of Athens.
A tale of a European traveler to China who falls in love with a Chinese woman and becomes caught up in the dangers of revolutionary activity and brutal war.
The letters of Nikos Kazantzakis offer a vivid glimpse into the life of the renowned author, known for works like Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ. This collection, edited and translated by scholar Peter Bien, presents the most extensive selection of Kazantzakis's correspondence available, revealing the complexities and richness of his experiences. Through these letters, readers can explore the personal and creative journey of a writer whose life was as dynamic as his literary contributions.