num_pages: 315
description: "...he has created in Zorba one of the great characters of modern fiction. The novel reflects Greek exhilaration at its best. Zorba, pure in feeling, makes havoc of monks, scholarship and the life of withdrawal..." The Times Literary Supplement
language: English
title: ZORBA THE GREEK
titlecomplete: ZORBA THE GREEK
characters: Madame Hortense, Mimithos, Alexis Zorba, Widow
genres: Fiction, Greece, Philosophy, Literature, Classics, Novels, Historical Fiction, 20th Century, Literary Fiction, Unfinished
ratings_count: 49646
places: Greece, Crete
awards: awardedAt: -504892800000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman
publisher: Faber and Faber