140.00€
A highly desirable first edition of Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται (Christ Recrucified, internationally published as The Greek Passion), one of the major novels of Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957), Greece’s most celebrated twentieth-century author and one of the most influential voices in modern world literature.
Published in Athens by Difros in 1954, this is the true first edition, issued during the author’s lifetime and representing one of the defining works of modern Greek fiction.
Bibliographical Details
Author: Nikos Kazantzakis (1883–1957)
Title: Ο Χριστός Ξανασταυρώνεται
(Christ Recrucified / The Greek Passion)
Publisher: Difros
Place of Publication: Athens
Year: 1954
Edition: First Edition
Language: Greek
Binding: Original publisher’s softcover
Pagination: 465 pages
Size: 22 cm × 15 cm
One of Kazantzakis’ Greatest Novels
First published in 1954, Christ Recrucified is widely regarded as one of Kazantzakis’ greatest literary achievements.
Set in a Greek village under Ottoman rule, the novel follows villagers chosen to perform the annual Passion Play. As they gradually identify with the biblical figures they portray, the boundaries between theatre, faith, and reality disappear, leading to profound moral conflict and sacrifice.
The novel explores enduring themes of:
compassion and justice
faith and spiritual responsibility
persecution and intolerance
social inequality
the meaning of Christian ethics in everyday life
Its powerful message later inspired the internationally acclaimed opera The Greek Passion by the Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů, further cementing the novel’s place in twentieth-century cultural history.
Nikos Kazantzakis
Kazantzakis remains the most internationally recognised Greek novelist of the twentieth century.
His works have been translated into dozens of languages and include:
Zorba the Greek
The Last Temptation of Christ
Captain Michalis (Freedom or Death)
The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel
Report to Greco
Frequently nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature, Kazantzakis combined philosophy, spirituality, politics, and literature into a body of work that continues to influence readers worldwide.
His writings generated both admiration and controversy, particularly within ecclesiastical circles, while securing his position among the great European novelists of the twentieth century.
Condition
Good overall condition.
Original publisher’s softcover.
Complete: 465 pages.
Sound binding.
Interior generally clean and well preserved.
The copy bears an original contemporary presentation inscription by the author.
Please examine all photographs carefully, as they form an integral part of the description and condition report.
Collector’s Note
First editions of Kazantzakis’ major novels remain among the most sought-after books of modern Greek literature.
Copies bearing an original contemporary inscription by the author are encountered considerably less frequently and are especially desirable to collectors of twentieth-century literature, Greek bibliography, and Nobel Prize-associated authors.
An important opportunity to acquire one of the landmark works of modern European literature in its original first edition.
