Theodora Vasils

Hold Fast the Mountain Pass

A Work of Historical Fiction about the Life and World of Nikos Kazantzakis

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Produktbeschreibung

This book narrates Kazantzakis' life -- his poverty, his life in exile, his struggle as a writer groping for a "voice," and describes the conditions under which that voice brought forth the prolific range of work that included The Odyssey, Zorba the Greek, and the controversial Last Temptation of Christ.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Hamilton Books
• Seitenzahl: 300
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. November 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 490g
• ISBN-13: 9780761852520
• ISBN-10: 0761852522
• Artikelnr.: 33167511

Autorenporträt

Theodora Vasils has translated and authored introductions to numerous Greek literary works, primarily those of Nikos Kazantzakis. Her work has prompted high praise from the author's widow, Helen Kazantzakis, who cites her "among the best of Kazantzakis' translators." Her efforts have earned her a Doctor of Letters Degree honoris causa from Dominican University "for her response to the challenge posed by the most renowned Greek writer of our time, Nikos Kazantzakis."

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1 1. 1886
Chapter 2 2. Nikos
Chapter 3 3. Mihalis
Chapter 4 4. Educating Nikos
Chapter 5 5. 1889 - Flight
Chapter 6 6. Massacre
Chapter 7 7. A Time of Respite
Chapter 8 8. Liberty!
Chapter 9 9. The Idle Days of Summer
Chapter 10 10. Melancholy Brooding
Chapter 11 11. Galatea and a hut by the Sea
Chapter 12 12. The Crossing
Chapter 13 13. The Three Arcades
Chapter 14 14. Above The Stagnant Waters Of Convention
Chapter 15 15. "A Compelling New Voice"
Chapter 16 16. Ridi Pagliaccio
Chapter 17 17. Four Sparsely Furnished Rooms
Chapter 18 18. Krasi
Chapter 19 19. Marcos Avyeris
Chapter 20 20. How Hidden Nuances Can Trip Us Up
Chapter 21 21. Angelos . . God . . And The Holy Mountain
Chapter 22 22. Angelos And Eva
Chapter 24 24. 1917
Chapter 25 25. Respite At The Maternal Hearth
Chapter 26 26. Mustapha Kemal and the Young Turks
Chapter 27 27. The Greek Race
Chapter 28 28. The Expatriate Life
Chapter 29 29. A quiet Young Woman
Chapter 30 30. Tryst in Lenda
Chapter 31 31. Moscow Utters A Cry
Chapter 32 32. The Rupture of Two Lives
Chapter 33 33. The Travel Journals
Chapter 34 34. Sinai
Chapter 35 35. Panait Istrati
Chapter 36 36. "Following The Red Star" - Part II
Chapter 37 37. The Saviors of God
Chapter 38 38. The Iron Angels Of The Apocalypse
Chapter 39 39. Aegina
Chapter 40 40. Reunion in Athens
Chapter 41 41. The Gorilla Has Discovered Fire
Chapter 42 42. Casting About For Some Life Line
Chapter 43 43. UNESCO
Chapter 44 44. Antibes
Chapter 45 45. And From One Small Spark
Chapter 46 46. So Little Time
Chapter 47 47. El Greco's Toledo
Chapter 48 48. The Last Temptation
Chapter 49 49. Angelos Revisited
Chapter 50 50. A Lone Man Ascending . . Ascending
Chapter 51 51. Blessed Is He Who Can Raise A Voice
Chapter 52 52. Solitude . . The Climate Of Creation
Chapter 53 53. Brother Francis
Chapter 54 54. Brother Prevelakis
Chapter 55 55. They Called It Their Little Koukouli
Chapter 56 56. Men And Supermen
Chapter 57 57. China
Chapter 58 58. We Owe A Cock To Aesclepius
Chapter 59 59. Death, O Faithful Hound
Chapter 60 60. Epilogue
Chapter 61 Afterword
Chapter 62 Acknowledgments
Chapter 63 Notes
Chapter 64 Nikos Kazantzakis Selected Bibliography of works available in
English translation