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Publication date 1966 topics francis, of assisi, saint, 11821226. Nikos kazantzakis, the twentieth century greek novelist. The main characters of this fiction, classics story are. Nikos kazantzakis freedom or death by nikos kazantzakis. The protean greek author nikos kazantzakis retells the story of the most beloved of saints francis of assisi, who permanently changed the way people think about following god. Free download or read online the last temptation of christ pdf epub book. The family moved to naxos when kazantzakis was a teenager and he attended a franciscan school where he learned french and italian. So i wanted to enjoy saviors of god and was disappointed when i didnt. But, as stated above, this work goes far, far beyond mere biography. Nikos kazantzakis was born in megalokastro now heraklion, crete in 1883, when under turkish rule.
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