by Nikos Kazantzakis · Faber & Faber Ltd · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780571203130
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«Zorba the Greek» is the novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, published by Faber & Faber Ltd in paperback (335 pages, in English).
An Englishman travels to Crete to take charge of an inheritance and meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek who accompanies him to a lignite mine and unpredictable adventures. The friendship between the reflective narrator and his impulsive companion becomes a celebration of life and instinct over reason.
Novel originally published in Greek in 1946, under the title «Βίος και πολιτεία του Αλέξη Ζορμπά».
For readers of classics and literary fiction interested in stories of friendship and the enjoyment of life.
Nikos Kazantzakis was a Greek writer, journalist, politician, poet and philosopher. Widely considered a giant of modern Greek literature, he was nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature in nine different years, and remains the most translated Greek author worldwide.
