Byron Yaser Barrera Moran: One of the most amazing books I have ever read.
United States on Aug 22, 2023
Peter: I enjoyed reading this and probably should have done so years ago. Not sure if would find a publisher these days without some significant changes for some modern sensibilities but as a piece of its times and and Zorba being a creature of his time and place a very good read!
United Kingdom on Aug 14, 2023
Rodrigo Alves VieiraRodrigo Alves Vieira: Esse livro tem no seu personagem central uma pessoa autêntica, estoica que vive a vida de maneira um tanto excêntrica e até rústica. Muito bom pra quem procura uma estória leve, mas não por isso rasa. Tem muita coisa no comportamento do Zorba que poderia deixar a todos nós nos sentindo mais realizados na vida.
Brazil on May 09, 2019
Douglas Ferguson: Zorba is “The Most Interesting Man in the World” advertising campaign for Dos Equis beer reached back to Zorba for casting. He is a man’s man - muscular, musical, musing (but not too much) and a Lothario curls into a ball and snoozes at a moment’s notice. Rudyard Kipling’s “If” must have been echoing in Kazantzakis’ when creating his title character. Zorba certainly kept his head about him when others were losing theirs.
I approached this book from two wildly uninformed angles. The first was from either having seen, or believed I had seen, the Anthony Quinn version of Zorba the Greek in the 1960s movie. A swarthy, swashbuckling Mediterranean was what I remembered. In high school I struggled through another Nikos Kazantzakis novel but remembered it as “great literature”.
No matter how I came to it, Zorba is a wonderful, wonderful read with a story and characters which etch themselves into your soul. The narrator sets out on a journey to resurrect a mine on the island of Crete. Early on he picks up a companion- the older and far more experienced Zorba - to help run the mine. Sancho Panza step aside (check the reference).
Zorba invades the...
United States on Sep 28, 2014
Scarlett: The story is beautiful and touching, written in a simple and immediate language. I read it while travelling In Crete and I could "see" the characters acting in the actual places I was visiting.
Italy on Aug 29, 2014
AB: I remember seeing the film based on this book, way back in the 60's, black and white, but had not read the book, which is much more philosophical even than the "live now" and LIVE, not just exist, philosophy that Zorba puts forth in the book. It was fun to read, and then I watched the film again...but the book is richer, with good descriptions of a zen-like, live in the moment, free spirit with a good heart and a full soul. I enjoyed the book a lot.
United States on Mar 25, 2014
A. writer: .. This film holds up very well, and gives viewers an introduction to the wonderful Greek writer, Nikos Kazantzakis .. .whose novel was the adapted for film ...
Canada on May 31, 2013
Guillermo Maynez: In this beautiful novel, who was later turned into an also beautiful film by Elia Kazan with Anthony Quinn, the narrator is a young, wealthy man who is a shy and sedentary intellectual. Eager to experience some action and practical life, he rents a lignite mine in the island of Crete (around 1914). Before boarding the ship, he meets and older man, a strong and experienced guy who convinces the man to hire him as a cook and foreman. Zorba becomes the manager of the mine and the right hand of the young guy. Soon his personality and manners impress him, his opposite. Zorba lives fully in the present: whatever he does, he gives himself completely to the task at hand, thinking of nothing else. Zorba savours everything that comes his way, be it joy or sorrow, he is not afraid of ridicule or embarrassed at expressing his feelings. All this is revealed to us not through theories or explanations, but little by little as Zorba acts. When they arrive to the small town near the mine, they stay for a few days at an inn-brothel run by an old courtesan, who falls head over heels before the constant and melous courting of the old Greek. The (unnamed) young man is shocked: Zorba is capable of...
United States on Aug 06, 2009
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| Total Reviews | 23 reviews | 1 reviews | 1 reviews |
| Best Sellers Rank | #94 in Classic American Literature#834 in Classic Literature & Fiction#2,010 in Literary Fiction | #3,749 in 20th Century Historical Fiction#11,008 in Women's Domestic Life Fiction#38,435 in Literary Fiction | #346 in 20th Century Historical Fiction#908 in Family Life Fiction #2,668 in Literary Fiction |
| Customer Reviews | 4.5/5 stars of 1,331 ratings | 4.4/5 stars of 47,830 ratings | 4.4/5 stars of 47,830 ratings |
| Classic Literature & Fiction | Classic Literature & Fiction | ||
| Literary Fiction (Books) | Literary Fiction | Literary Fiction | Literary Fiction |
| ISBN-10 | 1476782814 | 1542040124 | 1542040116 |
| Classic American Literature | Classic American Literature | ||
| Language | English | English | English |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster | Lake Union Publishing; First Edition edition | Lake Union Publishing; First Edition Thus edition |
| Dimensions | 5.5 x 0.9 x 8.38 inches | 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches; 1.05 Pounds | 5.5 x 1 x 8.25 inches; 12.8 Ounces |
| Item Weight | 10.3 ounces | ||
| ISBN-13 | 978-1476782812 | 978-1542040129 | 978-1542040112 |
| Paperback | 368 pages |
Spain on Oct 25, 2023