The internationally renowned novel about the life and death of Jesus Christ.
Hailed as a masterpiece by critics worldwide, The Last Temptation of Christ is a monumental reinterpretation of the Gospels that brilliantly fleshes out Christ’s Passion. This literary rendering of the life of Jesus Christ has courted controversy since its publication by depicting a Christ far more human than the one seen in the Bible. He is a figure who is gloriously divine but earthy and human, a man like any other—subject to fear, doubt, and pain.
In elegant, thoughtful prose Nikos Kazantzakis, one of the greats of modern literature, follows this Jesus as he struggles to live out God’s will for him, powerfully suggesting that it was Christ’s ultimate triumph over his flawed humanity, when he gave up the temptation to run from the cross and willingly laid down his life for mankind, that truly made him the venerable redeemer of men.
“Spiritual dynamite.” —San Francisco Chronicle
“A searing, soaring, shocking novel.” —Time
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Über den Autor Nikos Kazantzakis
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Nikos Kazantzakis wurde am 18. Februar 1883 in Heraklion geboren. Er studierte zunächst Jura in Athen, dann Staatswissenschaften in Paris. Neben seiner Professur an der juristischen Fakultät von Athen übersetzte er und schrieb Romane, darunter »Die letzte Versuchung« und »Griechische Passion«. Mit dem autobiographischen Roman »Alexis Sorbas«, 1946 erschienen, erlangte er Weltruf. Kazantzakis starb am 26. Oktober 1957 in Freiburg.
