The selected letters of Nikos Kazantzakis

Kazantzakis, Nikos 1883-1957 (Author). Bien, Peter. (Added Author).

Summary: The 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. One of the most important Greek writers of the twentieth century, Kazantzakis (1883-1957) participated in or witnessed some of the most extraordinary events of his times, including both world wars and the Spanish and Greek civil wars. As.

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ISBN: 1400840120
ISBN: 9781400840120
Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxvii, 875 pages)
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Publisher: Princeton : Princeton University Press, ©2012.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note:	XI . FINAL EXILE: RESIDES BRIEFLY IN ENGLAND, THEN IN FRANCE WRITES FINAL NOVELS AND PLAYS; TRAVELS TO CHINA; 1946 Letters, continued; 1947 Letters; 1948 Letters; 1949 Letters; 1950 Letters; 1951 Letters; 1952 Letters; 1953 Letters; 1954 Letters; 1955 Letters; 1956 Letters; 1957 Letters; References Cited; Index.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.