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Freedom or Death is Kazantzakis's modern Iliad. The context is Crete in the late 19th century, the epic struggle between Greeks and Turks, between Christianity and Islam. A new uprising takes place to rival those of 1854, 1866, and 1878, and the island is thrown into confusion yet again. In the village of Megalokastro, a Cretan resistance fighter, Captain Michales, is matched by the Turkish bey, his blood-brother. The life of the local community continues shakily but is disrupted by explosions of violence.

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Titre
Kazantzakis
Langue
Anglais
Éditeur
Touchstone
ISBN10
0671492608
ISBN13
9780671492601
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Freedom or Death is Kazantzakis's modern Iliad. The context is Crete in the late 19th century, the epic struggle between Greeks and Turks, between Christianity and Islam. A new uprising takes place to rival those of 1854, 1866, and 1878, and the island is thrown into confusion yet again. In the village of Megalokastro, a Cretan resistance fighter, Captain Michales, is matched by the Turkish bey, his blood-brother. The life of the local community continues shakily but is disrupted by explosions of violence.