| Description |
1 online resource (vii, 288 pages) |
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data file |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
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. |
| 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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957 -- Fiction.
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Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957. |
| Genre/Form |
Fiction.
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| Subject |
Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957 -- Bibliography.
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| Genre/Form |
Bibliographies.
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| Subject |
Authors, Greek (Modern) -- 20th century -- Fiction.
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Authors, Greek (Modern) |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Fiction.
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Bibliographies.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Vasils, Theodora. Hold fast the mountain pass. Lanham, MD : Hamilton Books, 2010 (DLC) 2010929435 |
| ISBN |
9780761852537 (electronic book) |
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0761852530 (electronic book) |
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0761852522 |
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9780761852520 |
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0761852530 |
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