Zorba the Greek (Masterplots, Revised Second Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Nikos Kazantzakis
- First Published: 1946
- Type of Work: Novel
- Type of Plot: Psychological realism
- Time of Work: Mid-twentieth century
- Setting: Crete
- Principal Characters: Zorba, The Narrator, Madam Hortense, The Widow, Pavli
- Genres: Long fiction, Psychological fiction
- Subjects: Love or romance, Sex or sexuality, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, Marriage, Prostitution or prostitutes, Mines, miners, or mining, Widows or widowers, Life, philosophy of, Greece or Greek people, Peasantry or peasants, Aging
- Locales: Crete
The Story:
The Narrator, a bookish man, decided to experience life by going into mining operations on Crete. While the Narrator was waiting with his crates of books for the weather to clear so he could board his ship, Zorba entered the café and started a conversation. Enchanted by Zorba’s dynamic personality, “the boss,” as Zorba called him, agreed to hire him as personal cook and foreman at the mine. Although in his sixties, Zorba possessed tremendous strength and a boundless appetite for physical pleasures.
They arrived at the village near the site of the...
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