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/GG/ Greek General. I found a copy of 'freedom and death' last year in a Cretan bookstore. Never heard of Nikos Kazantzakis but he is apparently very famous in Greece.

I greatly enjoyed Freedom and Death, the rebellious Cretans fighting the Ottoman Turks in that beautiful dry mountainous island landscape resonated with me.

I continued with his most famous work: 'ZORBA THE GREEK'
I couldnt finish it. Didnt like at all.

Now I have CHRIST RECRUCIFIED.
what am I in for?

>> No.12606213

hipster shit

>> No.12606241

>>12606213
W-why?

>> No.12606389

Based. I am Greek and Kazantzakis is very good. Dont listen to that faggot probably he doesnt know where Greece is on a map. Also i recommend the poems of Kavafy. Modern Greek authors-poets are extremely underrated.

>> No.12606663

>>12606188
Kazantzakis is both why I got interested in literature and why I got interested in philosophy. His books are slow burners and usually kind of difficult starting out, but no one has ever successfully made me remember an entire village’s worth of characters other than Kazantzakis and Dostoevsky.

If you like this one, Freedom or Death, the Last Temptation of Christ, and Zorba are all must-reads.

>> No.12606671

>>12606188
since I'm greek 2, I will just say that greek authors and poets (especially Kavafy, Seferis and Ritsos) are worth a shot. They portray a unique way of life and the Greek psyche in a good enough way.

>>12606389
τράβα διάβασε για την εξεταστιkή ρε μαλάkα

>> No.12606855

>>12606671
Ποια εξεταστιkη ρε μπαγλαμα; τελειωσε πριν τρεις εβδομαδες σε μας

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>>12606671
>>12606855

No secret language here you magnificent bastards.

Traba diabase gia ten edzetastike re malaka

what are you ruin-dwellers even saying.

>>12606663
I went halfway through zorba and I didnt like it at all. It was so vague and faggy, aimless? and missed the grand story one found in freedom and death. Im gonna donate it to a 2nd hand bookstore in amsterdam. Why does everyone like Zorba?

Finished chapter one of christ recrucified this afternoon and was glad the rich characters - village style - returned.

>>12606389

Kavafy. Will try. Never read poetry though.

Beautiful Hellenes! I wish you luck.

>> No.12607902

>>12606188
>greek general
>posts a work in english written by an english-speaking man
huh?