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

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 f...

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1. Verfasser: Vasils, Theodora
Format: Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: Lanham, MD : Hamilton Books, 2010.
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Zusammenfassung: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.
Beschreibung:1 online resource (vii, 288 pages)
Bibliographie:Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:9780761852537
0761852530
1283213702
9781283213707
9786613213709
6613213705

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