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Title: Alexander the Great: A Novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, Nikos Kazantzakis, Theodora Vasils, Virgil Burnett ISBN: 0-8214-0663-9 Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: April, 1982 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 2.5 (2 reviews)
Rating: 1
Summary: Buy This Book For Someone You Hate
Comment: I was pretty excited to read a book about an extraordinary character seen through Kazantzakis's eyes... What a failure! Is it bad fiction? Bad history? Well, the answer is: BOTH!!! The characters have the depth of teletubbies, and K's patronizing tone should insult anyone old enough to read. Kazantzakis is careful to underline that anyone the Greeks killed were barbarians, and that they were fighting for the noble cause of bringing civilization to "the savages" -- common old-school apologetics, but particularly disturbing considering he's a Greek, writing for Greek children. He presents a curiously chaste Alexander, which wouldn't be so glaring in a children's book were the silence not juxtaposed against a drawn-out, shallow, cheesy, *fictitious* love afair between a young boy and girl. If Kazantakis didn't have the guts to tell the truth about his character he should have presented it as the sheer fiction it is. In brief, I HATED IT!!!!
Rating: 4
Summary: A fun primer on Alexander
Comment: Cleverly written from the perspective of a boy in the Macedonian court, this book provides a gentle and reasonably accurate, if glossed over, introduction to Alexander for young readers. (Note: I read the translated version, since I am not familiar with modern Greek.)
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Title: At the Palaces of Knossos: A Novel by Nikos Kazantzakis, Theodora Vasils, Themi Vasils ISBN: 0821408801 Publisher: Ohio Univ Pr (Trd) Pub. Date: January, 1988 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: ZORBA THE GREEK by Nikos Kazantzakis ISBN: 0684825546 Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 20 December, 1996 List Price(USD): $13.00 |
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Title: The LAST TEMPTATION OF CHRIST by Nikos Kazantzakis ISBN: 068485256X Publisher: Touchstone Books Pub. Date: 01 March, 1998 List Price(USD): $14.00 |
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Title: The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel by Nikos Kazantzakis, Kimon Friar ISBN: 0671202472 Publisher: Simon & Schuster (Paper) Pub. Date: September, 1985 List Price(USD): $39.50 |
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Title: Freedom or Death by Nikos Kazantzakis ISBN: 0671272519 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Pub. Date: July, 1982 List Price(USD): $6.95 |
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