The fratricides: by Nikos Kazantzakis |
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User Review - gbill - LibraryThingThe plot to The Fratricides is pretty simple. A small Greek town is at war with a group of communist rebels who live in the surrounding hills, constantly harassing them. There is a monk in town who ... Read full review
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User Review - leigonj - LibraryThingThe Fratricides is set during the Greek civil war, and the title refers to Greeks killing their brother Greeks. Caught between the opposing sides - the government troops who hold his village, Castello ... Read full review
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| Title | The fratricides: by Nikos Kazantzakis |
| Author | Nikos Kazantzakis |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Simon and Schuster, 1964 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | Feb 26, 2008 |
| Length | 254 pages |
| Subjects | Greece Greek fiction, Modern |
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