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This was a difficult book for me to tackle - I finally finished it yesterday and I am glad I stuck with it. In essence, this is a retelling of the life of Jesus Christ and of the ultimate necessity of his death. For me, for the most part of the book, Kazantzakis wrote a very spiritual novel, faithful to the gospels. As I am not really religious, some parts were really hard to get through, hence, I had to stop several times in order to read something in between. In the end, though, Kazantzakis do
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Enjoyed this far more than I thought I would, I'm not religious and can't abide people trying to ram any religion down my throat. However I like Kazantzakis as an author so I was prepared to give it a try, and I'm glad I did.
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