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Zorba the Greek by Nikos Kazantzakis
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OK, people, I'm officially in tears. When you slowly savor a book like this for a month as I have, the characters' fates mean something to you. Pound for pound, sentence for sentence, word for word, I've not read a more profound book in all my days, I think. The sentences sing and pulse and it's bright and rich and life affirming with robust characters and a real journey of discovery. This one is now near the top of my favorite books list. Countless times I wanted to mark a nugget of wisdom for later reference, but instead opted to continue wending my way through. There will be time for marking, some day. I adopted Zorba's philosophy of life, I chose to live it rather than fixate on categorizing or trying to contain what I was reading in some mathematic way. This book addresses life and its mysteries and how we can chose to live it. That's all I'm going to say. It is one of the masterpieces of world literature. 'Nuff said.
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Nikos Kazantzakis
“Life is trouble. Only death is not. To be alive is to undo your belt and *look* for trouble.”
Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek

Nikos Kazantzakis
“I felt once more how simple and frugal a thing is happiness: a glass of wine, a roast chestnut, a wretched little brazier, the sound of the sea. Nothing else.”
Nikos Kazantzakis, Zorba the Greek


Reading Progress

January 23, 2009 – Shelved
January 23, 2009 –
page 25
8.04%
January 25, 2009 –
page 40
12.86%
January 26, 2009 –
page 63
20.26%
January 26, 2009 –
page 95
30.55%
January 27, 2009 –
page 101
32.48%
January 31, 2009 –
page 122
39.23%
February 1, 2009 –
page 144
46.3%
February 1, 2009 –
page 156
50.16%
February 2, 2009 –
page 181
58.2%
February 2, 2009 –
page 211
67.85%
February 6, 2009 –
page 261
83.92%
February 6, 2009 –
page 277
89.07%
February 7, 2009 –
page 290
93.25%
Started Reading
February 8, 2009 –
page 311
100.0%
February 8, 2009 – Finished Reading
March 9, 2009 – Shelved as: world-literature-top-100-list-poll
March 16, 2009 – Shelved as: my-faves
March 22, 2009 – Shelved as: 2009-reads
June 2, 2009 – Shelved as: __in-my-collection
June 3, 2009 – Shelved as: yearning
January 21, 2011 – Shelved as: favorites
May 21, 2016 – Shelved as: evans-alternative-100

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Karl-O Succinct review about one of the best novels in world literature.


Anja Radjenovic Couldn鈥檛 agree more. Exactly my feelings.


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