In one of this author's novels, refugees fleeing persecution cause a man chosen to be Jesus in an Easter play to fight the town leaders. That man later sacrifices his life for the refugees and is knifed to death in the church. Another novel is a retelling of the story of Saint Francis of Assisi, while a third involves the Cretan Captains Polyxigis and Michales fighting the Turks. His The Last Temptation of Christ was banned by both the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churche
In one of this author's novels, refugees fleeing persecution cause a man chosen to be Jesus in an Easter play to fight the town leaders. That man later sacrifices his life for the refugees and is knifed to death in the church. Another novel is a retelling of the story of Saint Francis of Assisi, while a third involves the Cretan Captains Polyxigis and Michales fighting the Turks. His The Last Temptation of Christ was banned by both the Catholic and Greek Orthodox Churches. FTP, name this Greek author of a sequel to the Odyssey, as well as The Greek Passion and Zorba the Greek.          |
In one of this author's novels, refugees fleeing persecution cause a man chosen to be Jesus in an Easter play to fight the town leaders.
Nikos {Kazantzakis}