So compelling in its exploration of the human psyche, it's as hard to put down as a thriller...such a force of energy, intensity, and straightforwarness.24.99124.9924.99M. Scott Peck978068484927097806848492790007118, 18.91TPPaperbackCouverture soupleengSimon & SchusterSimon & Schuster7841.49.256.1251.881.49.256.125212002-04-09T04:00:00ZGrantP10101BiographyBIOGENR01ZGeneral BiographyBIO008000, BIO011000, HIS036050Biography & MemoirsSale & Clearance > Offline Promo Lists > MSE Exclusionshttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/0684849275.jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=enhttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/0684849275.jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=frhttps://www. indigo. ca/en-ca/grant/9780684849270.htmlhttps://www. indigo. ca/fr-ca/grant/9780684849270.html15.41124.9924.99Jean Edward Smith1A2AA725-9092-41DA-A69E-455B668B07F1978068485256097806848525690007115, 17.47TPPaperbackCouverture soupleB1405448engSimon & SchusterSimon & Schuster5121.485.250.891.485.25111998-03-01T05:00:00ZThe Last Temptation of ChristP10140FICTIONFICTION01AGeneral FictionFIC000000, FIC019000, FIC026000LiteraryBooks > Fiction > Literaryhttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/068485256X. jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=enhttps://dynamic. indigoimages. ca/books/068485256X. jpg?scaleup=true&width=600&quality=85&lang=frhttps://www. indigo. ca/en-ca/the-last-temptation-of-christ/9780684852560.htmlhttps://www. indigo. ca/fr-ca/the-last-temptation-of-christ/9780684852560.htmlThe internationally renowned novel about the life and death of Jesus Christ. Hailed as a masterpiece by critics worldwide, The Last Temptation of Christ is a monumental reinterpretation of the Gospels that brilliantly fleshes out Christ’s Passion. This literary rendering of the life of Jesus Christ has courted controversy since its publication by depicting a Christ far more human than the one seen in the Bible. He is a figure who is gloriously divine but earthy and human, a man like any other—subject to fear, doubt, and pain. In elegant, thoughtful prose Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the greats of modern literature, follows this Jesus as he struggles to live out God’s will for him, powerfully suggesting that it was Christ’s ultimate triumph over his flawed humanity, when he gave up the temptation to run from the cross and willingly laid down his life for mankind, that truly made him the venerable redeemer of men. “Spiritual dynamite." —San Francisco Chronicle “A searing, soaring, shocking novel." —Time This distinguished novelist, poet, and translator was born in Crete and educated in Athens, Germany, Italy, and Paris, where he studied philosophy. He found time to write some 30 novels, plays, and books on philosophy, to serve his government, and to travel widely. He ran the Greek ministry of welfare from 1919 to 1921 and was minister of state briefly in 1945. A political activist, he spent his last years in France and died in Germany. Kazantzakis's character Zorba has been called one of the great characters of modern fiction,\" in a novel that \"reflects Greek exhilaration at its best\" (TLS). A film version of 1965, starring Anthony Quinn, made Kazantzakis widely known in the West. Intensely religious, he imbued his novels with the passion of his own restless spirit, \"torn between the active and the contemplative, between the sensual and the aesthetic, between nihilism and commitment\" (Columbia Encyclopedia). Judas, the hero of The Last Temptation of Christ (1951) is asked by Christ to betray him so that he can fulfill his mission through the crucifixion. For this book Kazantzakis was excommunicated from the Greek Orthodox Church. The Fratricides, Kazantzakis's last novel, portrays yet another religious hero, a priest caught between Communists and Royalists in the Greek Civil War. | People of the Lie, Paperback | Indigo Chapters