Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis, Carl Wildman

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Faber & Faber
24 August 2016

Fiction & Literature; Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

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.

By: Nikos Kazantzakis
Translated by: Carl Wildman
Imprint: Faber & Faber
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: Main - Faber Modern Classics
Dimensions: Height: 195mm, Width: 130mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 270g
ISBN: 9780571323272
ISBN 10: 0571323278
Pages: 352
Publication Date: 24 August 2016
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nikos Kazantzakis was born in 1883 in Herakleion on the island of Crete. He didn't start writing novels until he was almost 60 and completed his most famous work, Zorba the Greek, in 1946. Other novels include Freedom and Death (1953) and The Last Temptation (1954), which the Vatican placed on the Index. Nikos Kazantzakis finally settled in Antibes with his second wife, and died there from leukaemia in October 1957.