tsenteme's review against another edition
5.0
Το πρώτο μυθιστόρημα Καζαντζάκη που διαβάζω! Δεν περίμενα σε καμία περίπτωση να φτάνει στο επίπεδο των κορυφαίων της παγκόσμιας λογοτεχνίας. Το αξιοσημείωτο είναι ότι δεν έχει συγγραφικές επιρροές, ο τρόπος γραφής του είναι εξολοκλήρου δικός του. Φυσικά έχει φιλοσοφικές επιρροές και φαίνεται πως είναι πολύ διαβασμένος.
pericles_zacharis's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Loveable characters? Yes
4.0
roxanamalinachirila's review
4.0
While I love Kazantzakis, this book felt like he wasn't quite done editing it (it was probably the case; I think he died before managing to fix it to his standards). But still, it was lovely.
pennyy__'s review
emotional
hopeful
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.25
maya_irl's review
5.0
Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful. Made too many notes to choose a favorite one, so here's the famous quote:
"... either I would grow accustomed to this happiness, whereupon it would lose its intensity and all its glory, or I would not grow accustomed to it and would always consider it as great as before, in which case I would be lost completely. I saw a bee drowned in its honey once, and learned my lesson."
"... either I would grow accustomed to this happiness, whereupon it would lose its intensity and all its glory, or I would not grow accustomed to it and would always consider it as great as before, in which case I would be lost completely. I saw a bee drowned in its honey once, and learned my lesson."
drakakis's review
5.0
I have read this twice, and it's time for a third read. The most powerful autobiography I have ever read. The personal and spiritual revelations contained within stretch the limits of one's intellectual and emotional capacity. There will be no spoilers, because it's not kind of book. There really is no plot, unless a human life can be reduced to one, but there is wonder and excitement and grief and anxiety ... and love. Kazantzakis was the best philosopher of the 20th century who never called himself a philosopher. He wove the personal, the historical, and the spiritual all together. He was both a champion and and a critic of mankind's spiritual progress. And he was a realist, almost an existentialist -- but not quite. He believed that morality was not a human invention, that it was inherent in the universe and in us.
al_capwned's review against another edition
4.0
The fictionalized autobiography of Nikos Kazantzakis is a blend of all the elements and symbols of his work combined with captivating narration.
cateboccia's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
inspiring
reflective
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
3.5
spacestationtrustfund's review
3.0
All my life one of my greatest desires has been to travel—to see and touch unknown countries, to swim in unknown seas, to circle the globe, observing new lands, seas, people, and ideas with insatiable appetite, to see everything for the first time and for the last time, casting a slow, prolonged glance, then to close my eyes and feel the riches deposit themselves inside me calmly or stormily according to their pleasure, until time passes them at last through its fine sieve, straining the quintessence out of all the joys and sorrows.
hmorakabi's review
5.0
اگر میشد به این کتاب ۶ یا حتی ۸ ستاره بدهم میدادم! نصاب امتیازدهیام را جابهجا کرد.
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