Report to GrecoDisarmingly personal and intensely philosophical, Report to Greco is a fictionalized account of Greek philosopher and writer Nikos Kazantzakis’s own life, a sort of intellectual autobiography that leads readers through his wide-ranging observations on everything from the Hegelian dialectic to the nature of human existence, all framed as a report to the Spanish Renaissance painter El Greco. The assuredness of Kazantzakis’s prose and the nimbleness of his thinking as he grapples with life’s essential questions—who are we, and how should we be in the world?—will inspire awe and more than a little reflection from readers seeking to answer these questions for themselves. |
Contents
THE FATHER | |
THE MOTHER | |
THE | |
LONGING FOR FLIGHT | |
MASSACRE | |
NAXOS Chapter 12 LIBERTY | |
ADOLESCENT DIFFICULTIES | |
THE IRISH LASS | |
ATHENS | |
RETURN TO CRETE KNOSSOS | |
PILGRIMAGE THROUGH GREECE | |
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | |
THE DEATH OF MY GRANDFATHER | |
CRETE VS TURKEY | |
SAINTS LEGENDS | |
ITALY | |
MY FRIEND THE POET MOUNT ATHOS | |
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