The Selected Letters of Nikos KazantzakisThe 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. |
Contents
THE LETTERS | 1 |
II PURSUING GRADUATE STUDIES IN PARIS | 37 |
III POLITICALLY ACTIVE IN GREECE | 46 |
IV FLEEING GREECE RESIDENT IN AUSTRIA GERMANY ITALY | 84 |
V MEETS ELENI SAMIOU BEGINS ODYSSEY DIVORCES GALATEA TRAVELS TO SOVIET UNION | 206 |
VI RESIDENT ALMOST EIGHTEEN MONTHS IN THE SOVIET UNION | 272 |
VII TRYING TO MAKE A CAREER OUTSIDE OF GREECE ESPECIALLY IN SPAIN | 349 |
VIII BACK IN GREECE HAVING FAILED ELSEWHERE TRAVELING IN FAR EAST ODYSSEY COMPLETED AND PUBLISHED VISIT TO E... | 460 |
IX CONFINED TO AEGINA DURING THE GERMAN OCCUPATION WRITES ZORBA AND MANY PLAYS BEGINS TO TRANSLATE HOME... | 537 |
X IN ATHENS DURING ROUND TWO OF THE CIVIL WAR RESOLVES TO HELP LIBERATED GREECE VIA POLITICAL ACTION BRIEFLY... | 600 |
RESIDES BRIEFLY IN ENGLAND THEN IN FRANCE WRITES FINAL NOVELS AND PLAYS TRAVELS TO CHINA | 615 |
References Cited | 853 |
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