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Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis

  • 320 pages · about 5 hours
  • First published 1952
  • 61 editions
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1 About this book

Zorba the Greek (Greek: Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά, Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorba. The novel was adapted into the successful 1964 film of the same name directed by Michael Cacoyannis, as well as a stage musical and a BBC radio play.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0)

  • Grèce
  • Social life and customs
  • Music
  • Manners and customs
  • Picaresque literature

2 About Nikos Kazantzakis

1883–1957

Nikos Kazantzakis (; Greek: Νίκος Καζαντζάκης; 2 March [OS 18 February] 1883 – 26 October 1957) was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years, and remains the most translated Greek author worldwide.

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