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Zorba the Greek

Zorba the Greek

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: vida espiritual
Review: Zorba, el griego Nicos Kazantzakis

La vida espiritual llevada a un extremo es hasta cierto punto irreal y a veces nos acerca tanto a lo divino que nos aleja de nuestros semejantes. Es necesario a veces ser más mundanos para llegar más cerca de la espiritualidad verdadera, pues los extremos se tocan y quien ha dicho que la gracia de los dioses no participa del placer de la carne. La vida de Zorba es la vida de desenfreno saludable que descubre un hombre que ha estado más cerca de lo espiritual que los demás. Zorba es un canto a lo mundano, pero un canto de libertad al cual su acompañante minero debe despertar y dejarse llevar. La obra es hermosísima, tiene visos de budismo que aflora en ella, y su filosofía es muy tierna. El autor fue también conocido como traductor de obras de importancia y muchas personas lo conocen porque se han realizado de sus obras películas importantes tanto de la misma obra Zorba el griego, como también de La Última Tentación de Cristo.

Luis Méndez

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Life Affirming and a Big WAAAHOOOOO!!!!!!
Review: Zorba, the ever loveable Greek, one cannot help but love and wish they themselves more closely resembled. At least i do. Nikos Kazantzakis, strongly influenced by Friedrich Nietzsche--parallels are all over in the text--wrote this novel all about living in the moment and finding happiness in the present. The main character finds himself troubled and confused, strongly "puritan" and "western" in his moral code. And, upon encountering Zorba the Greek, a spontaneous, life-affirming passionate man, learns to love life and find happiness.

Zorba is a complete womanizer, loves his food, song, and drink. Zorba believes he is destined for "hell" not for any sin--not for killing, or swindling, lying, or cheating--but Zorba believes he is bound for the eternal flame because one night earlier in his life, a woman waited for him in her bed and he did not go. Some of my favorite quotes in all of literature lie in this novel.

Zorba teaches the main character, and the reader along with him, to live life in the moment and never to pass up a moment. The book is a great, infectiously life affirming tale. The book will not only entertain you through its pages, but change how you see the world.

I've been more spontaneous ever since.


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