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Hold fast the mountain pass : a work of historical fiction about the life and world of Nikos Kazantzakis / Theodora Vasils.

Summary:

Hailed as "my spiritual brother" by Albert Schweitzer, and oft-compared to fellow giants Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Nikos Kazantzakis occupies a unique place among the literary notables of our time. Kazantzakis was born in1883 at the height of his country's last bloody revolts to break free of Ottoman oppression. As a child, he knew the sound and smell of fear and the sight of rampaging soldiers on the streets outside his window. He knew the blood-curdling sound of people being slaughtered, and the sight of his father standing guard at the door, his knife at the ready; knew, too, the sound of h.

Record details

ISBN: 9780761852537
ISBN: 0761852530
ISBN: 1283213702
ISBN: 9781283213707
ISBN: 9786613213709
ISBN: 6613213705
Physical Description: 1 online resource (vii, 288 pages)
Publisher: Lanham, MD : Hamilton Books, 2010.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:	Includes bibliographical references.
Formatted Contents Note:	Chapter One. 1886; Chapter Two. Nikos; Chapter Three. Mihalis; Chapter Four. Educating Nikos; Chapter Five. 1889 -- Flight; Chapter Six. Massacre; Chapter Seven. A Time of Respite; Chapter Eight. Liberty!; Chapter Nine. The Idle Days of Summer; Chapter Ten. Melancholy Brooding; Chapter Eleven. Galatea and a Hut by the Sea; Chapter Twelve. The Crossing; Chapter Thirteen. The Three Arcades; Chapter Fourteen. Above the Stagnant Waters of Convention; Chapter Fifteen. "A Compelling New Voice"; Chapter Sixteen. Ridi Pagliaccio; Chapter Seventeen. Four Sparsely Furnished Rooms.
Restrictions on Access Note:	NLC staff and students only.
Language Note:	English.
Source of Description Note:	Print version record.