The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis
(Paperback)
Publishing Details
The Selected Letters of Nikos Kazantzakis
By (Author) Nikos Kazantzakis
Edited and translated by Peter Bien
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
18th August 2020
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
889.332
Physical Properties
Paperback
904
Width 156mm, Height 235mm
Description
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
Reviews
"[T]he best possible place to start to try to understand a remarkable writer."---Mark Mazower, Times Literary Supplement
"In a very real sense, the present volume is the raw material of the biography, turned into an enjoyable repast by the skillful hand of its editor."---David Holton, Anglo-Hellenic Review
Author Bio
Peter Bien, professor emeritus of English and comparative literature at Dartmouth College, has translated Kazantzakis's The Last Temptation of Christ, Saint Francis, and Report to Greco. He is also the author of an authoritative two-volume study of Kazantzakis's works.
