KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos. Translated by Carl Wildman.
Zorba The Greek.
New York: Simon & Schuster , 1953.
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“Happy is the man, I thought, who, before dying, has the good fortune to sail the Aegean sea": First Edition of Kazantzakis’ Zorba The Greek; With an Autograph Card Signed by the Work's Modern Translator Peter Bien
First edition of Kazantzakis' masterpiece and basis for the beloved Oscar-winning film. Octavo, original half cloth. Accompanied by an autograph card signed by translator Peter Bien on his personal stationary. The card reads in full, "Aug. 10 Dear Adrienne, Thanks again for your help to keep us drinking good wine! After Sept. 9 we'll be in Hanover, New Hampshire again as usual. Sincerely Peter." Bien translated a number of Kazantzakis' works, most notably his new translation of Zorba the Greek. Near fine in a very good dust jacket. Jacket design by Dick Dodge.
Zorba the Greek is the epic tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorba. Kazantzakis has made a work of stunning genius. The book is about life. How does one live it? How does one deal with the vicissitudes of it? The tragedies? The failures? Does one stand on the sidelines of life and never jump in? Does one fear getting married or fear having children or fear doing any activity that could fail or come to naught? Zorba tells us what to do. And in the end, when the whole bloody mess comes falling down around us, and all our plans and schemes are for naught, what do you do? Dance. Dance as hard and as wild as you can. Spit and fume and sing and smash your heels into the dirt. And laugh at it all. the absurdity of worry and wondering. Zorba shows us the joy of just "being" and "doing". The novel was adapted into a successful 1964 film of the same name as well as a 1968 musical, Zorba.
Zorba The Greek.
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