Zorba the Greek
A fiftieth anniversary edition of the famous novel that inspired the film tells the story of Zorba, a philosophizing, larger-than-life mine owner who confronts life with exuberance and wit. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. NYT.
A fiftieth anniversary edition of the famous novel that inspired the film tells the story of Zorba, a philosophizing, larger-than-life mine owner who confronts life with exuberance and wit. Reprint. 10,000 first printing. NYT.
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Format: paperback
ISBN:
9780684825540 (0684825546)
Publish date: 1996-12-20
Publisher: Touchstone
Pages no: 320
Edition language: English
Woe to him who cannot free himself from Buddhas, Gods, Motherlands and Ideas. - Nikos Kazantzakis Though this book hardly needs yet another review, I felt an overwhelming urge to pick up the pen, errrrh, slide out the keyboard, for Kazantzakis has wonderfully demonstrated the old truth: life is ...
This book is too much for my poor politically correct heart. In fact, it is so sexist, even your sexist friend will find it extremely sexist.We have a protagonist, a bookworm of the sea and a zen Buddhist, who gets called a nerd by one of his colleagues. Offended, he decides to freak out around the ...
Very enjoyable portrait of an engaging 60-something man, from the viewpoint of his younger traveling companion. Zorba does everything with passion: he makes love, he eats, he dances, he works, he plays his santuri with intensity. The narrator reminds me very strongly of the narrator from [b:The T...
I am convincing day after day that he who writes for fools is always sure of a big audience , this principle is working with our novel , as a novel its worthily failed , Kazantzakis tried to present an Eastern thinking hero to the west , he succeeded in presenting the abstract ideas , but not the m...
Yes, of course I must read this. I saw the movie ages ago and loved it. The philosophy, even back then was exactly to my liking. Do people ever really change? Thanks Julia for remeinding me about this book!
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