Zorba the Greek Paperback – 16 Oct. 2008

good book

Since my first holiday in Greece aged 11 I'd seen & heard Zorba's dance and when after a break of many years I returned to Greece again as an adult I saw lots of references to it in guide/history books about Crete. I bought and watched the movie but always like to read the story as well.This year in Cyprus I bought a hard copy on a whim and it was my go-to reading......and perhaps it was the Retsina talking but it was very thought provoking. Some sections are quite hard going and it did take me some time to get through it as its one of those books you need to read and put down & think about a bit.Thourghly recommended reading in the summer in Greec/Cyprus with a glass of Retsina (or your tipple of choice).

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I enjoyed reading this and probably should have done so years ago. Not sure if would find a publisher these days without some significant changes for some modern sensibilities but as a piece of its times and and Zorba being a creature of his time and place a very good read!

Great quality and packaging was excellent. I like my books to arrive in perfect order. My son loved it

This is an important, profound book. The only one that ever made me cry.I bought it to read on holiday, but soon gave up, to take it on again in cold, cold winter. This is a slow, contemplative book, Kazantzakis' masterpiece.Like the narrator, by the end the reader will feel challenged to look at their own life and wonder whether you're living it to the full, like Zorba.Read it!

I enjoy a challenging, literary read but I'm finding this book rather tedious. I always read a book to the end but I'm finding it difficult to stay interested in this one.

Read it and soak up the aliveness. Then go read DH Lawrence and James Hillman and enjoy the feeling of LIVING again. Not this mechanical sort of half-dead living you've probably grown accustomed to in your adulthood. A life of spontaneity, joy, wonder and sacredness awaits those who follow this path!