Report to Greco
Published on 18. September 2012
506 pages
978-1-4767-0686-3 (ISBN)
Description
Disarmingly personal and intensely philosophical, Report to Greco is a fictionalized account of Greek philosopher and writer Nikos Kazantzakis's own life, a sort of intellectual autobiography that leads readers through his wide-ranging observations on everything from the Hegelian dialectic to the nature of human existence, all framed as a report to the Spanish Renaissance painter El Greco. The assuredness of Kazantzakis's prose and the nimbleness of his thinking as he grapples with life's essential questions?who are we, and how should we be in the world??will inspire awe and more than a little reflection from readers seeking to answer these questions for themselves.
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Report to Greco
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08/1975
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Content
- Intro
- Introduction: The Writing of "Report to Greco"
- Translator's Note
- Author's Introduction
- Prologue
- Chapter 1: Ancestors
- Chapter 2: The Father
- Chapter 3: The Mother
- Chapter 4: The Son
- Chapter 5: Elementary School
- Chapter 6: The Death of My Grandfather
- Chapter 7: Crete vs. Turkey
- Chapter 8: Saints' Legends
- Chapter 9: Longing for Flight
- Chapter 10: Massacre
- Chapter 11: Naxos
- Chapter 12: Liberty
- Chapter 13: Adolescent Difficulties
- Chapter 14: The Irish Lass
- Chapter 15: Athens
- Chapter 16: Return to Crete. Knossos
- Chapter 17: Pilgrimage Through Greece
- Chapter 18: Italy
- Chapter 19: My Friend the Poet. Mount Athos
- Chapter 20: Jerusalem
- Chapter 21: The Desert. Sinai
- Chapter 22: Crete
- Chapter 23: Paris. Nietzsche the Great Martyr
- Chapter 24: Vienna. My Illness
- Chapter 25: Berlin
- Chapter 26: Russia
- Chapter 27: The Caucasus
- Chapter 28: The Prodigal Returns
- Chapter 29: Zorba
- Chapter 30: When the Germ of "The Odyssey" Formed Fruit Within Me
- Chapter 31: The Cretan Glance
- Epilogue
- Copyright
