> Marvin Gandall wrote:
>
>>Kazantzakis collaborated with the fascists/Nazis during WW II? First I've
>>heard of it. Source(s), pls.?
>>
> Unfortunately, I don't remember. But I do remember that when I read
> about it, his work made a lot more sense to me.
>
> The only work of his I know is Zorba and Last Temptation. I didn't much
> like either one.
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He was close to the Greek CP before the war, and then to Camus and the
existentialists after it. The Last Temptation of Christ is a very good
depiction of the internal struggle waged by revolutionaries - in this case,
a religious figure - responding to a felt call to public duty and sacrifice
and the desire for a more secure and normal private life. It's the same
tension experienced on a more muted level by virtually all social beings who
live in communities, especially when the pressure to act becomes acute in
times of crisis.