Nikos Kazantzakis
Born
in Greece
February 18, 1883
Died
October 26, 1957
Zorba the Greek
384 editions
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published
1946
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The Last Temptation of Christ
by
153 editions
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published
1955
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Christ Recrucified
by
182 editions
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published
1948
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تصوف: منقذو الآلهة
by
51 editions
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published
1927
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Report to Greco
105 editions
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published
1961
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Freedom or Death
98 editions
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published
1953
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The Fratricides
67 editions
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published
1963
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Saint Francis
88 editions
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published
1956
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Serpent and Lily: A Novella with a Manifesto: The Sickness of the Age
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21 editions
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1906
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The Rock Garden
31 editions
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1936
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“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
― Zorba the Greek
― Zorba the Greek
“True teachers are those who use themselves as bridges over which they invite their students to cross; then, having facilitated their crossing, joyfully collapse, encouraging them to create their
own.”
―
own.”
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Polls
February 2022 New School Classic Read Poll
NauseabyJean-Paul Sartre,1938, 178 pages
59 votes,
27.8%
Zorba the GreekbyNikos Kazantzakis,1946, 335 pages
38 votes,
17.9%
The JunglebyUpton Sinclair,1905, 335 pages
36 votes,
17.0%
Terms of EndearmentbyLarry McMurtry,1975, 410 pages
29 votes,
13.7%
To the NorthbyElizabeth Bowen,1932, 320 pages
20 votes,
9.4%
The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the DarkbyCarl Sagan,1996, 459 pages
19 votes,
9.0%
Trustee from the ToolroombyNevil Shute,1960, 305 pages
11 votes,
5.2%
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