Zorba the Greek

Set before the start of the First World War, this moving fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. But when he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek man with a zest for life. Zorba has had a family and many lovers, has fought in the Balkan wars, has lived and loved - he is a simple but deep man who lives every moment fully and without shame. As their friendship develops, the Englishman is gradually won over, transformed and inspired along with the reader.

Zorba the Greek, Nikos Kazantzakis' most popular and enduring novel, has its origins in the author's own experiences in the Peleponnesus in the 1920s. His swashbuckling hero has legions of fans across the world and his adventures are as exhilarating now as they were on first publication in the 1950s.

Nikos Kazantzakis wurde am 18. Februar 1883 inHeraklion geboren. Er studierte zunächst Jura in Athen, dann Staatswissenschaftn in Paris. Neben seiner Professur an der juristischen Fakultät von Athen überetzte er und schrieb Romane, darunter "Die letzte Versuchung" und "Griechische assion". Mit dem autobiographischen Roman "Alexis Sorbas", 1946 erschienen, erlngte er Weltruf. Kazantzakis starb am 26. Oktober 1957 in Freiburg.