Zorba the Greek (Faber Classics) Nikos Kazantzakis

Name: Zorba the Greek (Faber Classics) By Nikos Kazantzakis
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Zorba the Greek (Faber Classics) by Nikos Kazantzakis

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Summary

An Englishman discovers that he has come into a small inheritance in Crete and sets out to claim it. When he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek with a zest for life. As their relationship develops, the Englishman is persuaded to change his outlook on life

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Zorba the Greek (Faber Classics) by Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis' most popular and enduring novel, has its origins in the author's own experiences in mining and harvesting in the Peleponnesus in the 1920s. His swashbuckling hero has legions of literary fans across the world and his adventures are as exhilarating and havoc-making now as they were on first publication in the 1950s.

About Nikos Kazantzakis

Nikos Kazantzakis was born in 1883 in Herakleion on the island of Crete. During the Cretan revolt of 1897 his family was sent to the island of Naxos, where he attended the French School of the Holy Cross. From 1902 to 1906 he studied law at Athens University. He worked first as a journalist and throughout a long career wrote several plays, travel journals and translations. His remarkable travels began in 1907 and there were few countries in Europe or Asia that he didn't visit. He studied Buddhism in Vienna and later belonged to a group of radical intellectuals in Berlin, where he began his great epic The Odyssey, which he completed in 1938. He didn't start writing novels until he was almost 60 and completed his most famous work, Zorba the Greek, in 1946. Other novels include Freedom and Death (1953) and The Last Temptation (1954), which the Vatican placed on the Index. Return to Greco, an autobiographical novel, was published in 1961.

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Sku

GOR011632899

ISBN 13

9780571203130

ISBN 10

0571203132

Title

Zorba the Greek (Faber Classics) by Nikos Kazantzakis

Author

Nikos Kazantzakis

Condition

Used - Like New

Binding type

Paperback

Publisher

Faber & Faber

Year published

2000-04-03

Number of pages

352

Prizes

N/A

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Note

The book has been read, but looks new. The book cover has no visible wear, and the dust jacket is included if applicable. No missing or damaged pages, no tears, possible very minimal creasing, no underlining or highlighting of text, and no writing in the margins