Nikos Kazantzakis Boeken

Fictional account of St Francis of Assisi's heroic single-mindedness in the face of extreme physical & spiritual suffering. He portrays the saint as a great lover & inspiring leader, who embraced radical poverty in the face of many obstacles & temptations. Kazantzakis (2/18/1883–10/26/57) was born in & lived in Greece most of his life. His most famous novels include Zorba the Greek ('46, Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά); The Greek Passion ('48, UK title Christ Recrucified, Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται); Captain Michalis ('50, UK title Freedom & Death, in Greek Καπετάν Μιχάλης); The Last Temptation of Christ ('51, Ο Τελευταίος Πειρασμός) & St Francis ('56, UK title God's Pauper: St Francis of Assisi, Ο Φτωχούλης του Θεού). Report to Greco ('61, Αναφορά στον Γκρέκο), containing autobiographical & fictional elements, summed up his philosophy as the "Cretan Glance."

"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.

This work presents the first English translation of Nikos Kazantzakis' 1909 doctoral dissertation, which delves into the philosophical ideas of Friedrich Nietzsche. The text explores Nietzsche's concepts and their implications, reflecting Kazantzakis' intellectual engagement with existential themes. It provides valuable insights into the early thought of Kazantzakis, showcasing his analytical approach to Nietzsche's philosophy and its influence on his later literary works.

Set before the start of the First World War, this moving fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. But when he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek man with a zest for life. Zorba has had a family and many lovers, has fought in the Balkan wars, has lived and loved - he is a simple but deep man who lives every moment fully and without shame. As their friendship develops, the Englishman is gradually won over, transformed and inspired along with the reader. Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis' most popular and enduring novel, has its origins in the author's own experiences in the Peleponnesus in the 1920s. His swashbuckling hero has legions of fans across the world and his adventures are as exhilarating now as they were on first publication in the 1950s.

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 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.

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.