The life of Nikos Kazantzakis—the author of Zorba the Greek and
The Last Temptation of Christ—was as colorful and eventful as his
fiction. And nowhere is his life revealed more fully or
surprisingly than in his letters. Edited and translated by
Kazantzakis scholar Peter Bien, this is the most comprehensive
selection of Kazantzakis's letters in any language. One of the most
important Greek writers of the twentieth century, Kazantzakis
(1883–1957) participated in or witnessed some of the most
extraordinary events of his times, including both world wars and
the Spanish and Greek civil wars. As a foreign correspondent, an
official in several Greek governments, and a political and artistic
exile, he led a relentlessly nomadic existence, living in France,
Czechoslovakia, Austria, Germany, Italy, Spain, the Soviet Union,
and England. He visited the Versailles Peace Conference, attended
the tenth-anniversary celebration of the Bolshevik Revolution,
interviewed Mussolini and Franco, and briefly served as a Greek
cabinet minister—all the while producing a stream of novels,
poems, plays, travel writing, autobiography, and translations. The
letters collected here touch on almost every aspect of
Kazantzakis's rich and tumultuous life, and show the genius of a
man who was deeply attuned to the artistic, intellectual, and
political events of his times.
General
| Imprint: |
Princeton University Press
|
| Country of origin: |
United States |
| Series: |
Princeton Modern Greek Studies |
| Release date: |
June 2020 |
| Authors: |
Nikos Kazantzakis
|
| Editors: |
Peter Bien
|
| Dimensions: |
235 x 156 x 57mm (L x W x T) |
| Format: |
Paperback
|
| Pages: |
904 |
| ISBN-13: |
978-0-691-20317-1 |
| Categories: |
Books
|
| LSN: |
0-691-20317-2 |
| Barcode: |
9780691203171 |
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