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  "One of the great characters of modern fiction": First French Edition of Kazantzakis' Zorba The Greek; Inscribed by Nikos Kazantzakis to His Publisher

  KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos [Kazantzaki].

  Alexis Zorba ou le Rivage de Crete [Zorba The Greek].

  Paris: Editions Du Chene, 1947.

  First French edition of Zorba the Greek, published one year after the first Greek edition and six years prior to the first English translation. Octavo, original wrappers. Association copy, inscribed by the author to the publisher on the front free endpaper. "Au cher ami et editeur August Bloemsa, N Kazantzakis Paques 1953." Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957) was one of the most significant figures in modern Greek literature, internationally renowned for novels such as Zorba the Greek, The Greek Passion, and The Last Temptation of Christ, as well as for his vast epic poem The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel. His work is marked by philosophical intensity, spiritual struggle, and an engagement with existentialism, Nietzschean thought, and Orthodox Christianity, often placing him at the center of cultural and theological controversy in Greece. Central to the dissemination of his writings was his relationship with publishers who helped secure his readership beyond Greece, including figures such as August Bloemsa, to whom Kazantzakis addressed personal dedications. Bloemsa’s role as publisher reflects the broader network of European literary exchange that enabled Kazantzakis’s works to circulate internationally during the mid-twentieth century. Such publisher-author relationships were cruci...

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  "ONE OF THE GREAT CHARACTERS OF MODERN FICTION": FIRST FRENCH EDITION OF KAZANTZAKIS’ ZORBA THE GREEK

  KAZANTZAKIS, Nikos [Kazantzaki].

  Alexis Zorba ou le Rivage de Crete [Zorba The Greek].

  Paris: Editions Du Chene, 1947.

  First French edition of Zorba the Greek, published one year after the first Greek edition and six years prior to the first English translation. Octavo, original wrappers. Kazantzakis traveled to Paris frequently throughout his life and spoke French fluently. From 1902 Kazantzakis studied law at the University of Athens, then went to Paris in 1907 to study philosophy. Here he fell under the influence of Henri Bergson. His 1909 dissertation was titled "Friedrich Nietzsche on the Philosophy of Right and the State." In very good condition.

  Price: $850.00     Item Number: 4634

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