Oi Aderphophades (Theloi, Leei, Na 'nai Leuteros, Skotoste Ton! ) by Kazantzakis,Nikos - 2013

Athens: Ekdoseis Ethnos, 2013 Re-issue with an introduction by Nikos Mathaioudakis of Kazantzakis' last novel." The subject is the Greek Civil War : the Communists and the Monarchists are tearing each other to pieces, brother is killing brother and whole villages decimating themselves in an endless succession of murders. The hero is one of Nikos Kazantzakis most powerful creations : Father Yanaros the Christ-like priest of a small Greek village whose own son is fighting in the parched mountains and who sees his people descending deeper and deeper into savagery. " [see English language editions under the title " The Fratricides"). Re-issue.. Decorative Hardcover. New Book from Greece/No Jacket (as issued).