Zorba the Greek
by Kazantzakis, Nikos
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Woodstock, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
New York: Simon and Schuster, 1952. Hardcover. Good. Translated by Carl Wildman with an Introduction by Ian Scott-Kilvert. Good, lacking the jacket. Quarter grey cloth, stains on the spine, with blue paper on the boards, generally rubbed and soiled. Square, bound with some reading wear, writing on the endpapers, clean otherwise. Kazantzakis's beloved novel of Alexis Zorba who shows a young intellectual how to live, adapted into the 1964 film Zorba starring Anthony Quinn.
Synopsis
Zorba the Greek is a novel written by the Greek author Nikos Kazantzakis, first published in 1946. It is the tale of a young Greek intellectual who ventures to escape his bookish life with the aid of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorbas. The novel was adapted into a successful 1964 film of the same name as well as a 1968 musical, Zorba.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Carpetbagger Books, IOBA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9352
- Title
- Zorba the Greek
- Author
- Kazantzakis, Nikos
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1952
- Keywords
- Greek Literature, 20th Century Literature, Modern Literature, Books to Film
Terms of Sale
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
All items are returnable for a refund within 30 days of receipt.
About the Seller
Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
Biblio member since 2018
Woodstock, Illinois
About Carpetbagger Books, IOBA
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Glossary
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Jacket
- Sometimes used as another term for dust jacket, a protective and often decorative wrapper, usually made of paper which wraps...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.