Kazantzakis, Volume 2: Politics of the Spirit

by Peter A. Bien

Putting Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis's vast output into the context of his lifelong spiritual quest and the turbulent politics of twentieth-century Greece, Peter Bien argues that Kazantzakis was a deeply flawed genius--not always artistically successful, but a remarkable figure by any standard. This is the second and final volume of Bien's definitive and monumental biography of Kazantzakis (1883-1957). It covers his life after 1938, the period...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691128138
• ISBN13: 9780691128139
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 640 Pages
• Weight: 2.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.4"