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Hold fast the mountain pass : a work of historical fiction about the life and world of Nikos Kazantzakis /
Hailed as "my spiritual brother" by Albert Schweitzer, and oft-compared to fellow giants Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Nikos Kazantzakis occupies a unique place among the literary notables of our time. Kazantzakis was born in1883 at the height of his country's last bloody revolts to break f...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, MD :
Hamilton Books,
2010.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
| Sumario: | Hailed as "my spiritual brother" by Albert Schweitzer, and oft-compared to fellow giants Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, Nikos Kazantzakis occupies a unique place among the literary notables of our time. Kazantzakis was born in1883 at the height of his country's last bloody revolts to break free of Ottoman oppression. As a child, he knew the sound and smell of fear and the sight of rampaging soldiers on the streets outside his window. He knew the blood-curdling sound of people being slaughtered, and the sight of his father standing guard at the door, his knife at the ready; knew, too, the sound of h. |
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| Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (vii, 288 pages) |
| Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9780761852537 0761852530 1283213702 9781283213707 9786613213709 6613213705 |