Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Preface to the paperback edition vii
4. Preface ix
5. A note on documentation and transliteration xiii
6. List of works xv
7. Chronology xix
8. Chapter One. Why Kazantzakis is not a political writer 1
9. Chapter Two. Philosophical studies in Paris 23
10. Chapter Three. Development of Kazantzakis's (meta-)communism 55
11. Chapter Four. The Iráklion incident and the Odyssey's first draft 79
12. Chapter Five. Russia 99
13. Chapter Six. Toda-Raba and the waning of Kazantzakis's communism 157
14. Chapter Seven. Aesthetic freedom 185
15. Chapter Eight. Odyssey 191
16. Notes 241
17. References 287
18. Index 311