Hold fast the mountain pass : a work of historical fiction about the life and world of Nikos Kazantzakis / Theodora Vasils.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Vasils, Theodora.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Authors, Greek (Modern)--20th century--Fiction.

Authors, Greek (Modern).

Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957--Fiction.

Kazantzakis, Nikos.

Kazantzakis, Nikos, 1883-1957--Bibliography.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (299 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, MD : Hamilton Books, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book narrates Kazantzakis' life -- his poverty, his life in exile, his struggle as a writer groping for a 'voice,' and describes the conditions under which that voice brought forth the prolific range of work that included The Odyssey, Zorba the Greek, and the controversial Last Temptation of Christ.

Contents:

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

Chapter Eighteen. Krasi Chapter Nineteen. Marcos Avyeris; Chapter Twenty. How Hidden Nuances Can Trip Us Up; Chapter Twenty-One. Angelos . . . God . . . and the Holy Mountain; Chapter Twenty-Two. Angelos and Eva; Chapter Twenty-Three. A Man Named Zorba; Chapter Twenty-Four. 1917; Chapter Twenty-Five. Respite at the Maternal Hearth; Chapter Twenty-Six. Mustapha Kemal and the Young Turks; Chapter Twenty-Seven. The Greek Race; Chapter Twenty-Eight. The Expatriate Life; Chapter Twenty-Nine. A Quiet Young Woman; Chapter Thirty. Tryst in Lenda; Chapter Thirty-One. Moscow Utters a Cry

Chapter Thirty-Two. The Rupture of Two Lives Chapter Thirty-Three. The Travel Journals; Chapter Thirty-Four. Sinai; Chapter Thirty-Five. Panait Istrati; Chapter Thirty-Six. "Following the Red Star"-Part II; Chapter Thirty-Seven. The Saviors of God; Chapter Thirty-Eight. The Iron Angels of the Apocalypse Begin Their Work; Chapter Thirty-Nine. Aegina; Chapter Forty. Reunion in Athens; Chapter Forty-One. The Gorilla Has Discovered Fire; Chapter Forty-Two. Casting About for Some Life Line; Chapter Forty-Three. UNESCO; Chapter Forty-Four. Antibes; Chapter Forty-Five. And From One Small Spark

Chapter Forty-Six. So Little TimeChapter Forty-Seven. El Greco's Toledo; Chapter Forty-Eight. The Last Temptation; Chapter Forty-Nine. Angelos Revisited; Chapter Fifty. A Lone Man Ascending . . . Ascending; Chapter Fifty-One. Blessed Is He Who Can Raise a Voice; Chapter Fifty-Two. Solitude . . . The Climate of Creation; Chapter Fifty-Three. Brother Francis; Chapter Fifty-Four. Brother Prevelakis; Chapter Fifty-Five. They Called It Their Little Koukouli; Chapter Fifty-Six. Men and Supermen; Chapter Fifty-Seven. China; Chapter Fifty-Eight. "We owe a cock to Asclepius"

Chapter Fifty-Nine. Death, Oh Faithful Hound Chapter Sixty. Epilogue; Afterword; Acknowledgments; Notes; Nikos Kazantzakis Selected Bibliography of Works Available in English Translation

Notes:

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Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

0-7618-8162-X

1-283-21370-2

9786613213709

0-7618-5253-0

OCLC:

704275288