Zorba the Greek

Paperback, 335 pages

English language

Published Nov. 2, 2000 by Faber & Faber Ltd.

ISBN:
978-0-571-20313-0
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Zorba the Greek (Greek: Βίος και Πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά, Víos kai Politeía tou Aléxē Zorbá, Life and Times of Alexis Zorbas) is a novel written by the Cretan author 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.

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A very interesting book. It's a loving portrait of a fascinating man. It's a very interesting portrait of the barbaric way of life in villages in Crete. And at the same time it's a portrait of a horrible, selfish spoiled brat. Throughout the book he is extremly annoying with his spiritual self-importance. But near the end he gets worse and worse. He's a reminder that spoiled intellectuals can be dangerous: In one single paragraph the horrible rich kid manages to find excuses for the fact that a widow he slept with is beheaded by the whole village, in front of his eyes! It's how it's meant to be in the bigger scheme of things.

All the ideas in this book are terribly outdated. But as a historical record it's very interesting.

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