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The Ascent
List of works Fiction | The Ascent Plot The Ascent is a post-war and strongly anti-war novel with many autobiographical elements of the author himself. The work is structured in three sections with the titles “Crete”, “England”, “Loneliness” and the central character is Kosmas, an intellectual who returns to his birthplace, the Great Castle (Heraklion), …
12 Hidden Gems
Digital Exhibitions 12 Hidden Gems 1. The manuscript of ‘Aniforos’ Read more The manuscript of ‘Aniforos’ (Uphill) is preserved at the Kazantzakis Museum and is a hidden gem that was literally pulled out of a drawer, as since 2010 copies of its first pages were included in the documents of the re-exhibition of the Museum …
Women in the life of Kazantzakis
Digital Exhibitions Women in the life of Kazantzakis Maria Christodoulaki – Kazantzaki (1862-1932) Kazantzakis found a counterbalance to Captain Michalis’ paternal strictness in maternal affection. Kazantzakis describes his mother, Maria Christodoulaki, as a “holy woman” in his ‘Report to Greco’. She came from the village of Asyroti, present day Kryoneri, in the province of Mylopotamos, Rethimno. …