Captain Michalis

Name: Captain Michalis
Author: Nikos Kazantzakis

by Nikos Kazantzakis

Historical novel about a Cretan rebel leader fighting Ottoman rule

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Nikos Kazantzakis

Greek author best known for Zorba the Greek and The Last Temptation of Christ, novels that explore freedom, spirituality, and the tension between earthly passion and religious transcendence.

More by Nikos Kazantzakis

Zorba the GreekNovel of a free-spirited drifter and intellectual sparring partners encountering hedonism
The Last Temptation of ChristPhilosophical retelling of Christ's final temptations before crucifixion
The Odyssey: A Modern SequelEpic poem reimagining Homer's Odyssey through modernist existential philosophy
Christ RecrucifiedNovel about Greek peasants crucified for resisting Turkish occupation