NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS REPORT TO GRECO
True fiction or an autobiography created by a literary mastermind; imagination, true experiences, legends, dreams, physical and spiritual journeys, the homeland and the world, ancestors and contemporaries, worthy descendants. Nikos Kazantzakis reports to his “grandfather”, a fellow Cretan, who lived, painted and died centuries before him; El Greco, the warrior-artist who would understand the personal battles Nikos Kazantzakis, an author-warrior wages with the ineffable powers which only he can perceive. The author unfolds, with unparalleled vividness and art, the paths of life, thought and deed, the birth and important of his greatest works. A powerful (albeit unfinished due to the author’s death in 1957) literary masterpiece, presented with an afterword by the publisher Dr Patroclos Stavrou and captioned photographic material.
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N I K O S K A ZA N T Z A K I S THE ODYSSEY (collector’s edition)
The first edition of the kazantzakian ODYSSEY was released in 1938 in a large size, with the distinct orthography and diacritical style of the poet. The first limited edition copy was released in 2006, and as of June 2011, THE ODYSSEY is again available in a smaller size using the polytonic orthographical system as it had been prepared for print by Emmanuel H. Kasdaglis in collaboration with Nikos Kazantzakis himself in 1955-1956. Nikos Kazantzakis, in cooperation with Ioannis Kakrides, translated Homer’s Odyssey (and the Iliad), though it must be noted that the Kazantzakian Odyssey is an entirely original work, different and independent from the translation of the Homeric epic.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS CHRIST RECRUCIFIED
Has the world changed at all after the miracles, the teachings, the Martyrdom and Resurrection of Christ? Is Love doomed to always end up crucified? In a subjugated village, the annual representation of the Holy Passion during Easter, and the tragedy of a community of refugees generate immense existential and social conflicts. This ecumenical masterpiece of world literature was adapted into film, an opera, a theatrical play and a television series which enjoy wide acclaim. This edition contains an afterword by the publisher Dr Patroclos Stavrou (September 2010), and by f. President of the Court of Appeals, critic and author Thanasis Papathanasopoulos, a review (1954) by scholar and journalist Aimilios Chourmouzios, and an essay by Associate Professor of Theological School of the University of Athens, Konstantinos I. Mbelezos.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS SAVIORS OF GOD (SALVATORES DEI)
The most anguished Cry of the life of Nikos Kazantzakis, the culmination of his thought and his worldview. Salvatores Dei means Saviors of God: by affixing God, we affix our own souls and so contribute, in cooperation with nature, to the creative evolution of the world. The first edition (Athens, 1927) created an uproar. After several corrections, the 2nd edition was printed in 1945. The 1998 edition is considered the definitive edition (Nicosia, edited by Dr. Patroclos Stavrou in collaboration with Eleni N. Kazantzakis), which, as of September 2008, is available with comments by Dr. Patroclos Stavrou and images (manuscript and photographs of Kazantzakis, covers of the first editions).
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
“THE LIFE AND POLITY OF ALEXIS ZORBA” One of the most translated books, adapted into film which won three Academy Awards, a renowned musical, a ballet, a theatrical play. Its author writes: “Zorba taught me to love life and not fear death….The widest soul, the sturdiest body, the freest cry I have ever encountered in my life”. This book has been loved by adults and teenagers alike, helping them shape their own world view, through the outlook of one of the greatest humanitarian authors of World Literature, Nikos Kazantzakis.
From September 2010, the classical novel has circulated with rare photographic material and informative commentary: An afterword by publisher Dr Patroclos Stavrou, an essay by Professor Eratosthenis Kapsomenos of the University of Ioannina, and two reviews of the era it was written, the first, by author and critic Pierre Minet and the second, by scholar and journalist Aimilio Chourmouzio.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
FOUR HUNDRED LETTERS BY KAZANTZAKIS TO PREVELAKIS
Pantelis Prevelakis, compatriot, friend and fellow author of Nikos Kazantzakis, offers us, with respect and thoroughness, one of the most complete and objective biographical sources about him: “The clarity of his life and the
nobleness of his aims allowed Kazantzakis to not withhold his reactions…the gradual revelation of the living man presents the deepest allure of this book…Yet the nature of correspondence is such that it touches upon trivial matters, with the correspondent confused in the web of time. It is therefore up to the reader to follow the revelations at their crux and to arrange them into a unified whole, if he wishes to surmount the randomness of events and thus grasp the Person”.
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FROM THE POETIC WORKS OF NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
More than 70 excerpts from the epic ODYSSEY, and from 11 tragedies and 9 tercets by our ecumenical author comprise a riveting poetic panorama, adorned with carvings by the great Nikos Hatzikyriakos-Gikas. The anthology and the comments belong to the “patriarch” of Cretan letters, Stylianos Alexiou, the emblematic figure of our philology and philosophy with the international acclaim. Also included are book reviews by foreign philologists on the ODYSSEY. The 1st edition was released in 1977 by the Municipality of Herakleion, Crete. As of May 2010, the 2nd edition is available through our publishing house, with new binding and other improvements, and a Prologue, edited by Dr. Patroclos Stavrou.
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ELENI N. KAZANTZAKIS NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS, A BIOGRAPHY BASED ON HIS LETTERS
One of the most complete and authoritative biographies on Nikos Kazantzakis based on his unpublished letters and texts, with at least 80 pictures and 5 autographs, this book was released in many languages and countries and met with great acclaim, as is clear in the following quotes: “a great, authentic work, where the poet speaks, where the thinker lives and expresses himself, the eternal seeker, the political, the religious, the friend of men…so very much a novel, rich in figures, events, tension, adventure...This book will benefit not only those interested in the work of Nikos Kazantzakis, but also those interested generally in the intellectual history of contemporary Greece” (Tages Anzeiger, October 1972).
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS Divine Comedy (translation of Dante's Comedia Divina)
The timeless odyssey of man in this hallmark work on the transition to the Renaissance through the exceptionally poetic mind and word of Dante Alighieri, translated by Nikos Kazantzakis in meter, who also arranged the Introduction, Dante’s biographical note, Analysis of the work, Commentary and Vocabulary. The March-April 2010 edition includes a Note from the EditorPublisher Dr. Patroclos Stavrou, a Study by Professor of the University of Athens and honorary member of the Società Dantesca Italiana Gerasimos G. Zoras, and an article by Pantelis Prevelakis. Also includes the tercet which Kazantzakis dedicated to Dante, whom he viewed as one of the great Leaders of souls and whom he kept as his travel companion until the end of his days.
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ELENI N. KAZANTZAKIS MAHATMA GANDHI, A SAINTLY LIFE
This biography, in the form of a self-confessional, was written (1931-32) and first published (1934) in French by Eleni Samiou (later Kazantzakis), who following the assassination of Gandhi in 1948, made changes to her book. The work was released in Greek in 1983 with commentary Notes, Gandhi’s epistle to the author, and rich photographic materials.
The 2nd Greek edition (June 2009), with new formatting and additional images, contains the author’s texts from the French editions prior to Gandhi’s death, the Introduction by Maurice Martin-Du-Gard from the 1st French edition, and excerpts from French book reviews. Also includes the revised Editor’s Note by Editor-Publisher Dr. Patroclos Stavrou and additional images.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS IL PRINCIPE (THE PRINCE, by Machiavelli)
The Kazantzakian translation of The Prince was printed in 1961 and again in 1968 by Galaxias Publications. In December of 2006 a new edition was released with images and studies by Professor Gerasimos Zora of the University of Athens, by the EditorPublisher Dr. Patroclos Stavrou and by the Italian doctoral candidate in Italian Literature, Marco Riccobon. Machiavelli, the great representative of the Renaissance was “demonized” and his Il Principe was included in the Vatican’s Index of Forbidden Works, the same Index which would later claim one of Nikos Kazantzakis’ works as well. In spite of the misinterpretation and opposition which these two great spiritual authors faced, they have since been recognized as classical authors, and through our edition, meet again, at the dawn of the 21st century.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS 1883-1957
In the footsteps of the man and creator
His childhood in subjugated yet heroic Crete, the college years in Athens and his appearance in Greek letters, his graduate studies in France, his trips to Europe and Asia, his existential and creative agony, his acquaintance with “ordinary� and prominent figures of the arts, of intellectual life and politics, his love for a country which did not spare him her assault: Nikos Kazantzakis lived life and his period with passion, as is evident in this luxurious yet affordable Calendar-Timeline-AnthologyArchive (on the occasion of the 50th anniversary of his death, 1957-2007), rich in photographs of the author and excerpts from his greater and lesser known works.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
HISTORY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE
This work was first printed in 1930 in two volumes. Eleni N. Kazantzakis aptly notes: “Kazantzakis….met the innovators of soviet
literature…he knew and studied not only the lands where spiritual laborers toiled and thrived, but also the Russian people…the new soviet literature had just been born. The works of most of the established soviet authors today were in their infancy then. But the discerning glance of Kazantzakis deepened their examination, and his conclusions bear the same weight today….he examines in detail Russian letters without losing any of the renowned elegance and appeal of the Kazantzakian idiom”.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS KAPETAN MICHALIS (Freedom or Death)
One of the bloodiest uprisings of Crete against Ottoman rule, chronicled through a vivid portrayal of daily life in Herakleion of the 19th century. While his old father struggles to learn to spell the prophetic phrase FREEDOM OR DEATH, the heroic Captain Michael leads the revolt against a fierce Empire. The heavy fine of a personal sacrifice must be paid when his unconfessed passion for Emine momentarily causes him to deviate from battle. The complex character of Kapetan Michalis elevates this masterpiece to one of the greatest heroic tales of humankind. In the new edition of this book (September 2010) an anecdotal narrative titled Bloody Dawn by Nikos Kazantzakis has also been included, along with essays by the publisher Dr Patroclos Stavrou, by Dr Theoharis Detorakis, Professor of Byzantine Literature of the University of Crete, and by Dr Mihalis G. Meraklis, Professor of Folklore of the University of Athens.
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ENTRIES BY NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS IN THE ELEFTHEROUDAKIS ENCYCLOPAEDIC LEXICON [1927-1931] An enchanting journey into the past, Art, Science and History, with method and precision, but with a personal style which "transforms scientific discourse into a philologist’s tool and primarily into a work of Art." After thorough investigation and enquiry, the Kazantzakis Publications [Patroclos Stavrou] Philological Research Department presents this Kazantzakian oeuvre, collected from his contributions into one of the finest encyclopedic dictionaries of the 20th century. This publication (September 2011), was edited and foreworded by publisher Patroklos Stavrou and Maria Giouroukou, Doctors of Philosophy of the University of Athens. The edition further contains special chapters for Errors and Observations, “Inconclusive as to their Authorship” entries, Preface of a version of the encyclopaedic dictionary, and two entries in the Dictionary devoted to Kazantzakis himself, and an Index of these entries.
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In this historical novel, based on the life of Alexander the Great, Nikos Kazantzakis drew his inspiration from a wealth of historical books on the great king of Greek antiquity, in order to accurately recreate this complex, multifaceted historical character. Nikos Kazantzakis, who was as prolific a writer as he was a devoted reader, portrays Alexander as a god, as a human, as a mystic, a visionary, a king and a soldier, a horse whisperer, but also as a little boy, all in the most insightful and suspenseful text ever written about Alexander the Great. This novel, meant for children and grownups alike, has captured the hearts of Greek children for many generations. The illustrations were created by one of the greatest artists of Hellenism, A. Tassos.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS NIETZSCHE ON THE PHILOSOPHY OF RIGHT AND THE STATE
The doctoral dissertation of Nikos Kazantzakis on the philosopher who definitively influenced him was first published in 1909 in Herakleion. In the 2nd edition (Athens, 1998) an Introduction was included by the Editor-Publisher Dr. Patroklos Stavrou, whose research brought to light Kazantzakis’ diploma as a Doctor of Law, reproduced in the 3rd edition (2006). “While other
figures of the period gave their thoughts on Nietzsche, no one comes close to the stature and intellect of Kazantzakis. This book opens a singular window into the forefront of European intellectuality of the early 20th century”, said Daniel Conway, author of Nietzsche and the Political.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS GOD’S PAUPER: ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI
The Legendary of St Francis of Assisi, narrated by his loyal Brother Leo: the clash with family and societal status quo, the Italian countryside, Rome, the Holy Land, the return to the homeland; perfect poverty, struggle with the Self and human weakness, love for nature, humanity, Theosis. The Kazantzakean lyricism and thought in its greatest heights. This edition of March 2008 contains an afterword by publisher Dr Patroclos Stavrou, chronicling the relationship of the author with St Francis, and the great humanitarian doctor Albert Schweitzer, “the St Francis of our times” to whom this book has been dedicated. An article by Nikos Kazantzakis about Albert Schweitzer has been added in the appendix.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS THE LAST TEMPTATION
Flesh and spirit in conflict, Mutiny against the Self, Desire for union with God. Nailed to the cross, Jesus gives in to a vision; how his life might have been, had he not drank the Father’s bitter cup. It is that last temptation springing up from deep within Jesus’s humanness, a last temptation felt by a tortured martyr: to be normal. Will he conquer it? Will his sore and aching shoulders accept the divine burden of the salvation of all humankind? The controversial novel which inspired the 1988 film by Martin Scorsese “The Last Temptation of Christ”, as of January 2008, includes an afterword by publisher Dr Patroclos Stavrou, with thoroughly selected information regarding the inscription of the novel in the Index Librorum Prohibitorum, excerpts of the discussions which took place in the Greek Parliament about the author in 1955 (following the accusations of the Holy Synod of the Greek Orthodox Church against him) and rare photographic material.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS THE ROCK GARDEN
The author is deeply touched by the heroism of two competing people; the Japanese and the Chinese. Devoid of sentimentalism, he explores the intellectual journey of human beings who strive to cultivate and perfect their individuality, in order to transcend it and offer it to the service of the common good. The Rock Garden was written directly from the French; it circulated in Greece in 1960, translated in the Greek language by Pantelis Prevelakis, who also wrote the Foreword, explanatory notes, and a brief preface. As of June 2010, the book includes an afterword by the Publisher Dr Patroclos Stavrou, containing invaluable information provided by the author himself and his biographers, Eleni N. Kazantzakis, Pandelis Prevelakis and Aziz Izzet.
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N I K O S K A ZA N T Z A K I S THE ODYSSEY
The adventures of Odysseus upon his return to Ithaca, and of his departure anew, until his death in the Southern Cold Ocean, in 33.333 verses. Nikos Kazantzakis devoted at least 15,000 hours to the epic’s 7 drafts. His life’s companion, Eleni, who typed them all, notes: “writing
the ODYSSEY is unlike writing any other poetic work. It is like carving in stone the new face of God. Odysseus shall be the new man”. The 2006 replica of the 1st edition of 1938 ((35,5×25,5cm, hardcover, in a case), which was characterized as a monumental masterpiece of typograhic art, contains the included Vocabulary, as arranged by the poet himself, and an Addendum of his manuscripts.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS SERPENT AND LILY
First love, first book. The hyper-romantic novella with the eerie ambience, now in a new edition with commentary (2002 – and as of 2005, with one more addition), with the original document of the 1st edition and the truth regarding the author’s inspiration: the Irish Lass, to whom he devoted an entire chapter in Report to Greco. The new edition features her “notes” to Kazantzakis, and a wealth of information from the Editor-Publisher Dr. Patroclos Stavrou. The research for the fate of the Irish Lass – and of her photograph – was conducted by Niki P. Stavrou, Senior Lecturer in Comparative Literature at the University of Indianapolis. Also included, six book reviews of the age (1906-1907) and a subsequent review from 1977.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS THE FRATRICIDES
God speaks: “Whoever seeks Me, finds Me; whoever finds Me, knows Me, whoever knows Me, loves Me, whoever loves Me, I love; whomever I love, I kill”. At the village Kastellos, the civil war brings brother against brother. Papa-Giannaros, the village priest, is in despair; has his spiritual guidance been utterly futile, has he been so incapable of inspiring peace in the hearts of his flock? In a moment of tragic recognition, he concludes that for as long as humans slay each other, Jesus shall remain unrisen, and leading by example, he offers his own martyrdom as testament. Since July 2009, this timeless novel is accompanied by an informative afterword by publisher Dr Patroclos Stavrou which reveals the tragic events which inspired it. Also included, an anecdotal text by the author about the Nazi occupational forces departure from the island of Aegina (1944).
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS BROKEN SOULS
Nikos Kazantzakis writes his first novel in 1908 while still a graduate student in Paris, which is then published as a series in Athens. His heroes, Orestes, Chrysoula and Gorgias “break” during their painful interaction with reality; only the fateful Nora is left unscathed. In 2007, Broken Souls was published intact, with a Prologue by the Editor-Publisher Dr. Patroclos Stavrou, an Introduction by Professor of Modern Greek Literature of the University of Athens and writer Vangelis Athanasopoulos, and an article by Kazantzakis about his own novel and about the life of Greek students in Paris. The impressive presence of the Arts and Letters in the work is analyzed in the Commentaries. Also included, rare photographs of the author in Paris, columns of his published work and two manuscripts.
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- What’s wrong? The beast sighed. It nodded his head. - What’s wrong? The King asked him once again. The eyes of the Minotaur gazed at the King, filled with pain. He opened his mouth to speak, but couldn’t. Two new tears rolled down his eyes. (At the Palaces of Knossos, transl. excerpt N. Stavrou)
One of the most captivating adaptations of a myth into a novel, for children and grownups alike. The Minotaur and Theseus, Daedalus and Icarus, Crete and Athens, history and human emotions whirling into a Labyrinth, whose Creature and Creator clash and collide in this beautiful book, entitled: At the Palaces of Knossos. Nikos Kazantzakis masterfully constructs an intellectual arena, on which a primordial game to the Death is waged between Man and Bull, who is, simply, another facet of an ancient God. At the tip of Kazantzakis’s ingenious pen, the Archetype of the bloodthirsty Minotaur is revisited with humanity and compassion, and the flight of Icarus towards the Sun is portrayed like never before. The young reader may discern Nikos Kazantzakis’s glowing smile behind the faces of his young and vibrant characters and will experience a character-building tale of dignity, bravery and enchanting suspense.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS SYMPOSIUM
The revised edition of the work (April, 2009) which has as its basic premise the divine and divineness was made in accordance to the only known manuscript which is reproduced herein in its entirety. In addition, the revised edition also includes two Addenda and images of “symposium attendees” and more.
The First Addendum contains a letter by the author regarding the book, while the Second Addendum features information and commentary by Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of the University of Ioannina Vasileios A. Kyrkos, by Professor of Glossology of the University of Athens Christoforos Charalambakis, and by the Editor-Publisher Dr. Patroclos Stavrou, while still including the original Editor’s Note from the 1st edition of 1971 by Emmanuel H. Kasdaglis.
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England: A Travel Journal
A wonderful travelogue, where the incredible historical account of the past is succeeded by the vibrant and vivid descriptions of the present. History, art, society, economy, industry, nation, cities, universities, personalities, exemplars, youth – all illuminated in bright and dark colors before us. Includes two additional texts by the author on England and Cyprus and on the blue bird of freedom, which, upon crossing the borders of England, was transformed into a blood-soaked vulture of imperialism. In the English edition, the work is characterized as “perhaps one of the most moving of all the travelogues by Kazantzakis….(the) brilliant and ever profound observations of a great author and a singularly astute traveler”.
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NIKOS AND ELENI N. KAZANTZAKIS TRAVELLING: JAPAN - CHINA
The result of the first journalistic journey of Kazantzakis to Japan and China (1935). Returning from his second voyage there with his wife Eleni, he leaves his last breath in Freiburg, Germany (1957). Eleni returns alone to their home in southern France, adds an Epilogue to the book, and writes about their travels, titling the book with the title Kazantzakis himself had conceived but had not had the opportunity to see finished. In 1961, in Geneva, she includes an Addendum on her new, solitary voyage to the Far East. The enriched re-print of 2006 (Athens) contains photographs, an Informative Note by the Editor-Publisher Dr. Patroclos Stavrou and et al.
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TRAVELLING: SPAIN
Spain: land of the hot sun, of purple roses, of abundant art, of Carmen and Don Quixote… Or perhaps, the land of Sancho, of religious and political folly, of barbaric bull-fighting and fratricidal hatred? The strife of Spain’s civil war, a private or universal affair? Nikos Kazantzakis attempts to render the many-sided, much afflicted visage of the beloved country before and during the Civil War which scarred Spain both internally and internationally, through an objective yet emotive account, writing as a correspondent for an Athenian newspaper but primarily and always as an incurable traveler.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS JOURNEY TO THE MOREA
Landscapes, civilizations, history, societies, people, arts, letters: what a source of inspiration for a thriving heart, a penetrating mind, an uneasy and fragile soul, as Nikos Kazantzakis! The author, who counts travels and dreams as his greatest benefactors, unfolds a multicolored vista of experiences (amongst these, interviews with Mussolini and Cavafy), of descriptions and interpretations, and journeys us to the world around and within us.
“Richly observant, human, and abundant in spiritual pursuit, his travel diaries….are extraordinary readings, unique in perspective and thrilling for their intimations of things yet to come”. (Quote by Publisher’s weekly)
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TRAVELLING: RUSSIA
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS TERCETS
21 poems in terca meter, which Nikos Kazantzakis composed between 1932 -1937: “In these songs I wish I could reveal the trembling and the
joy given to me by the souls that nurtured my soul. They are the Mothers from which I suckled love, as I feel it, exercise, persistence and selflessness; and moreover endurance – and not only endurance, but the reclusive, celebrated love of solitude.” Includes a Foreword by the poet and Notes by E.H. Kasdaglis, editor of the 1st edition (1960) and by Dr. Patroclos Stavrou, Editor of the later reprints and of the enriched new edition of 2007.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS
THEATER VOL I TRAGEDIES ON ANCIENT TOPICS
THEATER VOL II TRAGEDIES ON BYZANTINE TOPICS
THEATER VOL III TRAGEDIES ON VARIOUS TOPICS
This volume contains 6 tragedies by Nikos Kazantzakis, inspired by the great figures of anicent greek mythology and history. His three Prometheuses (Flamebearer, Bound, Unbound) have as their standard the homonymous trilogy by Aeschylus. In his Kouros he negotiates in his personal style the mythical and in part, historical conquest of minoan Crete by the Greeks. In his drama Odysseus we find elements of the Kazantzakian Odyssey, while in Bees the bloodstained fate of the cruel yet successful tyrant of Corinth, Periander, comes to life as told by the ancient Greek tradition and imagination of the poet.
The 4 tragedies contained in the 2nd volume focus on topics from the christian and byzantine world: Christ, Julian the Apostate, Nikephoros Phokas, and Constantine Palaeologos. Superhuman figures, restless warriors and spiritual leaders, overdaring heroes, in pursuit of a great feat, who undertake an arduous and often hopeless struggle. Here is the Ascent, the motif of the Cretan author’s and thinker’s life stance in all its glory. We discern a deeper connection between the heroes of the tragedies and the equally restless – yet strong – Kazantzakis, who urges us to question and to experience our own identities.
4 tragedies where once again the prevailing model is that of the struggling man who does not wish to enslave his “ego”, but who would not be enslaved by it, who sacrifices it on the altar of the ideal. The poet draws upon contemporary greek and european history for Christopher Colombus and Kapodistrias, while for his drama Sodom and Gommorah, which is primarily philosophical, he is inspired by the world of the Old Testament. Among them, an Asian religious figure, the Buddha, also moved Kazantzakis, who regarded human action as the utlimate value, in contrast to the buddhistic obsession with nonaction and annihilation.
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NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS TODA-RABA
A cinematic view of the October Revolution, world unrest, hopes and frustrations, love, heroism and decline, experiences and conclusions. The novel, written in 1929 in French, was released in Greek in 1956 (by Giannis Maglis). Since April 2004 the novel features an Introduction by Eleni N. Kazantzakis, translated from the French, and an Editor’s Note, by the Editor-Publisher Dr. Patroclos Stavrou, regarding the anguished course of inspiration for the composition and publication of this prophetic book which so moved both, the ordinary reader and prominent figures such as Stefan Zweig and Roger Martin du Gard (Nobel in Literature, 1937). The 2004 edition also contains a text by Panait Istrati and a tercet poem by Nikos Kazantzakis entitled “Toda-Raba”.
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ELENI N. KAZANTZAKIS CHINA: SMALL MARCH IN THE GREAT COUNTRY
Eleni N. Kazantzakis’ journey condenses “3 trips and 19 years of
study of a distant great land and of its people, which after a long and painful decline, stood upright again before us, peaceful and determined, holding in their hands the reigns of their victorious chariot”. Formatted and printed virtually on the Green Line in Nicosia in 1976, two years after the barbaric Turkish invasion of Cyprus, as a token of the author’s solidarity to the afflicted island which she and her husband loved so dearly. The 2nd edition (Athens, 2004) was edited once more, by Dr. Patroclos Stavrou, who also wrote the Informative Note and the book’s Epilogue.
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