This novel re畔lects its author's time studying under Henri Bergson with a passage about a butter畔ly that dies on the narrator's palm because he blew on its cocoon.
This novel re畔lects its author's time studying under Henri Bergson with a passage about a butter畔ly that dies on the narrator's palm because he blew on its cocoon. A畔ter the title character of this novel teaches Zaharia to satisfy his inner demon, Zaharia ignites a can of para猼炬n in the pedophile-sheltering Holy Virgin of Revenge Monastery. Although the protagonist of this novel revives his spirit during an one-night stand with a widow on Easter, he fails to stop the townspeople from beheading her in public for the suicide of her unrequited lover. The narrator of this novel reads Dante and struggles to write a manuscript about "the Void" and the Buddha. Its narrator manages a lignite mine with a santuri player who illustrates his active approach to life by seducing a courtesan named Madame Hortense. For 10 points, identify this novel about a Nietzschean Cretan miner, by Nikos Kazantzakis.
This novel re畔lects its author's time studying under Henri Bergson with a passage about a butter畔ly that dies on the narrator's palm because he blew on its cocoon.
Zorba the Greek [or Vios kai Politia tou Alexi Zormpa]