This moving fable sees a young Greek 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, he 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.
'There can never be any doubt that Kazantzakis was the possessor of genius.' Sunday Telegraph
- ISBN10 0571241700
- ISBN13 9780571241705
- Publish Date 16 October 2008 (first published 1 January 1975)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 9 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Faber & Faber
- Edition Main
- Format Paperback (A-Format (178x111 mm))
- Pages 352
- Language English