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Zorba the great sacrilege
Is it a philosophical book mixed with life lessons or personalized life with philosophical questions? Read it and find out!
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Sometime I'll write a proper review of this book, but for now my head is still spinning with how offensive it was. And I'm slightly upset with myself because I have a sense of pride about being able to get past time and culture to see the good points in a work of literature. So that's annoying me as well.
In short: Women are stupid, weak, temptresses that exist solely for men's pleasure and Kazantzakis's own poorly-contrived symbology. ...more
In short: Women are stupid, weak, temptresses that exist solely for men's pleasure and Kazantzakis's own poorly-contrived symbology. ...more
3.5 the book did not stand the test of time, but all in all has a deeper layer to it that makes it interesting.
Nov 17, 2012
David Meijer
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it was amazing
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Erik
marked it as f-rest-of-europe
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