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An event presented by the International Society of Friends of Nikos Kazantzakis under the aegis of the 25th Greek Festival of Sydney
The Meaning of Life:
Nikos Kazantzakis and St. Francis of Assisi
Nikos
Kazantzakis (1883-1957) is famous as the author of Zorba the Greek and
The Last Temptation. But these form a tiny part of the output of this
passionate thinker, who wanted to help us create our own purpose and meaning
in life. One approach he adopted was to write about his gurus: Jesus,
Buddha, Odysseus, and, of course, Zorba, the ordinary Greek who, he says,
taught him "to love life and not fear death". Less well known, but no
less topical, is his novel on St Francis, God's Pauper. But why St Francis?
And what did the Cretan writer, with his Orthodox background, make of
the Saint of Assisi?
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date: Sat 17th March time: 5.30pm venue: Gleebooks address: 49 Glebe Point Road, Glebe cost: $5 contact: 02 9660 2333 language: English, Greek |
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