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Nikos Kazantzakis At the Palaces of Knossos (Paperback) (UK IMPORT)
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- Publication Name
- At the Palaces of Knossos
- Title
- At the Palaces of Knossos
- Translator
- Theodora Vasils
- Contributor
- Theodora Vasils (Translated by)
- ISBN-10
- 0821408801
- EAN
- 9780821408803
- ISBN
- 9780821408803
- Release Date
- 30/04/1988
- Release Year
- 1988
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Book Title
- AT the Palaces of Knossos
- Item Length
- 9in
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press
- Publication Year
- 1988
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- Item Height
- 0.5in
- Genre
- Juvenile Fiction, Fiction
- Topic
- General, People & Places / Europe, Historical
- Item Width
- 6in
- Item Weight
- 23.5 Oz
- Number of Pages
- 219 Pages
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Blending historical fact and classical myth, the author of Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ transports the reader 3,000 years into the past, to a pivotal point in history: the final days before the ancient kingdom of Minoan Crete is to be conquered and supplanted by the emerging city-state of Athens. Translated by Theodora Vasils and Themi Vasils. The familiar figures who peopled that ancient world--King Minos, Theseus and Ariadne, the Minotaur, Diadalos and Ikaros--fill the pages of this novel with lifelike immediacy. Written originally for an Athenian youth periodical, At the Palaces of Knossos functions on several levels. Fundamentally, it is a gripping and vivid adventure story, recounted by one of this century's greatest storytellers, and peopled with freshly interpreted figures of classical Greek mythology. We see a new vision of the Minotaur, portrayed here as a bloated and sickly green monster, as much to be pitied as dreaded. And we see a grief-stricken and embittered Diadalos stomping on the homemade wax wings that have caused the drowning of his son, Ikaros. On another level, At the Palaces of Knossos is an allegory of history, showing the supplanting of a primitive culture by a more modern civilization. Shifting the setting back and forth from Crete to Athens, Kazantzakis contrasts the languid, decaying life of the court of King Minos with the youth and vigor of the newly emerging Athens. Protected by bronze swords, by ancient magic and ritual, and by ferocious-but-no-longer-invincible monsters, the kingdom of Crete represents the world that must perish if classical Greek civilization is to emerge into its golden age of reason and science. In the cataclysmic final scene in which the Minotaur is killed and King Minos's sumptuous palace burned, Kazantzakis dramatizes the death of the Bronze Age, with its monsters and totems, and the birth of the Age of Iron.
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Publisher
Ohio University Press
ISBN-10
0821408801
ISBN-13
9780821408803
eBay Product ID (ePID)
811885
Product Key Features
Book Title
AT the Palaces of Knossos
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
General, People & Places / Europe, Historical
Publication Year
1988
Genre
Juvenile Fiction, Fiction
Number of Pages
219 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
9in
Item Height
0.5in
Item Width
6in
Item Weight
23.5 Oz
Additional Product Features
Lc Classification Number
Pz7.K2155at 1988
Reviews
As in Kazantzakis's other work, there is a strong sense of dual heritage, particularly in the emphasis on the web of national and cultural conflicts and connections between then-mighty Crete and its vassal state Greece. He paints a dreamlike tapestry of the Cretan magnificence, power, and cruelty against which Athenian prince Theseus, with aid from Cretan princess Ariadne, must fight for freedom." — Publishers Weekly, "As in Kazantzakis's other work, there is a strong sense of dual heritage, particularly in the emphasis on the web of national and cultural conflicts and connections between then-mighty Crete and its vassal state Greece. He paints a dreamlike tapestry of the Cretan magnificence, power, and cruelty against which Athenian prince Theseus, with aid from Cretan princess Ariadne, must fight for freedom."-- Publishers Weekly, " At the Palace of Knossos , a vivid retelling of the legend of Theseus and the destruction of the Minoan empire, is one of the lesser works of Kazantzakis...Yet it is a testament to Kazantzakis' powers that a work written casually for a young audience can make compelling reading for people of any age...No modern writer is as gifted as Kazantzakis in creating characters who are bigger than life yet very human, and everyone in this story manages to draw some sympathy from the reader, even the Minotaur...Whether young or old, those who read this book will not be disappointed."--Nicholas Gage, Los Angeles Times, At the Palace of Knossos, a vivid retelling of the legend of Theseus and the destruction of the Minoan empire, is one of the lesser works of Kazantzakis…Yet it is a testament to Kazantzakis' powers that a work written casually for a young audience can make compelling reading for people of any age…No modern writer is as gifted as Kazantzakis in creating characters who are bigger than life yet very human, and everyone in this story manages to draw some sympathy from the reader, even the Minotaur…Whether young or old, those who read this book will not be disappointed." — Nicholas Gage, Los Angeles Times
Copyright Date
1988
Target Audience
Trade
Lccn
87-024762
Dewey Decimal
[Fic]
Dewey Edition
19
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