Introduction

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction ix
4. Chronology xvii
5. The Letters
6. I. At Law School in Athens 1
7. II. Pursuing Graduate Studies in Paris 37
8. III. Politically Active in Greece 46
9. IV. Fleeing Greece; Resident in Austria, Germany, Italy 84
10. V. Meets Eleni Samiou; Begins Odyssey; Divorces Galatea; Travels to Soviet Union 206
11. VI. Resident Almost Eighteen Months in the Soviet Union 272
12. VII. Trying to Make a Career Outside of Greece, Especially in Spain 349
13. VIII. Back in Greece, Having Failed Elsewhere; Traveling in Far East; Odyssey Completed and Published; Visit to England 460
14. IX. Confined to Aegina during the German Occupation; Writes Zorba and Many Plays; Begins to Translate Homer’s Iliad 537
15. X. In Athens during Round Two of the Civil War; Resolves to Help Liberated Greece via Political Action; Briefly a Cabinet Minister; Marries Eleni Samiou 600
16. XI. Final Exile: Resides Briefly in England, Then in France; Writes Final Novels and Plays; Travels to China 615
17. References Cited 853
18. Index 859