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(Kazantzakis) paints a dream-like tapestry of the Cretan magnificence, power, and cruelty against which Athenian prince Theseus, with aid from Cretan Princess Ariadne, must fight for freedom". -- Publishers Weekly

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This novel, which resists the temptation to portray Alexander in the mantle of purely romantic legend, covers his life from age fifteen to his death at age thirty-two. Typical of Kazantzakis, this story, like the legends of old, is entertaining as well as instructive for readers of all ages.

This book represents the first English translation of Nikos Kazantzakis's 1909 dissertation on Friedrich Nietzsche's political and legal philosophy. Before Kazantzakis became one of the best-known modern Greek writers, he was an avid student of Nietzsche's thought, discovering Nietzsche while studying law in Paris from 1907 to 1909. This powerful assessment of Nietzsche's radical political thought is translated here from a restored and authent...

Alexis Sorbas, die strahlende Titelfigur aus Nikos Kazantzakis¿ weltberühmtem Roman, ist Lebenskünstler und -philosoph zugleich, voll sprudelnder Energie und gedanklicher Tiefe. In der Freundschaft des Ich-Erzählers mit Sorbas begegnen sich zweifelnde Vernunft und urwüchsig lebendige Kraft ¿ Zutaten, die Kazantzakis mit der äußeren Handlung gekonnt zu einem liebevollen Porträt seiner Heimat Griechenland verwebt. Schon bald nach seinem Erschein...