In one scene in this novel, the narrator claims that the "greatest weight [he has] on [his] conscience" comes from when he breathed on a cocoon to get a butterfly to emerge and was horrified when it emerged with crumpled wings and died in his palm.
In one scene in this novel, the narrator claims that the "greatest weight [he has] on [his] conscience" comes from when he breathed on a cocoon to get a butterfly to emerge and was horrified when it emerged with crumpled wings and died in his palm. The narrator of this novel has a dream in which his friend's arm detaches and floats over to grip him with an icy grasp, presaging that friend's death from pneumonia. While reading Dante, the narrator of this novel sees the title character staring at him from behind a glass door, after which he announces his plans to travel to (*) Crete. In this novel, the narrator works on his manuscript on the Buddha as the title character manages a lignite mine and seduces Madame Hortense with his cimbalom. For 10 points, name this novel by Nikos Kazantzakis.
In one scene in this novel, the narrator claims that the "greatest weight [he has] on [his] conscience" comes from when he breathed on a cocoon to get a butterfly to emerge and was horrified when it emerged with crumpled wings and died in his palm.
Zorba the Greek 