--- product_id: 79379354 title: "The Fratricides" price: "€ 32.27" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 11 url: https://www.desertcart.at/products/79379354-the-fratricides store_origin: AT region: Austria --- # The Fratricides **Price:** € 32.27 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Fratricides - **How much does it cost?** € 32.27 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.at](https://www.desertcart.at/products/79379354-the-fratricides) ## Best For - Customers looking for quality international products ## Why This Product - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Against the background of the Greek civil war of the late 1940s, Captain Drakos, son of the local priest Father Yanaros, has taken to the mountains with a group of villagers and joined the Communist rebels. It is Holy Week and Father Yanaros feels that he himself is bearing the sins of the world. Review: Great, thoughtful novel - This is the fourth Kazantzakis novel I've read, and each time I read one it becomes my new favorite of his. The Fratricides is no exception. If you are at all familiar with his writing but have not picked up this novel, I recommend you do so. If you are unfamiliar with his writing, I suggest starting with Zorba the Greek or this novel before tackling the more complicated books like his Odyssey sequel or The Last Temptation of Christ. I will say that the ending of the Fratricides is somewhat sudden, and depending on the reader's worldview could be seen as extremely nihilistic, or alternatively as hopeful. Review: A microcosm of 20th century conflicts - Fratricides takes us to a small Greek village that serves as a microcosm of much that happened all around the world in the 20th century as Communism and Socialism swept through. Sometimes through the eyes of a detached narrator, sometimes through father Yánaros' - an indomitable Greek Orthodox Priest that is often indistinguishable from Zorba - we learn how the nationalist side with their praise of country and God, and the rebels, with their romantic and naive view that they could shape a new, better world after they razed the old one to the ground justified the carnage that killed so many of their neighbors. Father Yánaros wants to know if the rebels are right in seeking for justice through revenge and for freedom through submission, but most importantly he wants to reunify Castello, his village, and he wants to reunify Greece itself. ## Technical Specifications | Specification | Value | |---------------|-------| | Best Sellers Rank | #457,044 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #3,699 in Contemporary Literature & Fiction | | Customer Reviews | 4.4 out of 5 stars 37 Reviews | ## Images ![The Fratricides - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/71LffV2cXwL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Great, thoughtful novel *by D***H on April 11, 2016* This is the fourth Kazantzakis novel I've read, and each time I read one it becomes my new favorite of his. The Fratricides is no exception. If you are at all familiar with his writing but have not picked up this novel, I recommend you do so. If you are unfamiliar with his writing, I suggest starting with Zorba the Greek or this novel before tackling the more complicated books like his Odyssey sequel or The Last Temptation of Christ. I will say that the ending of the Fratricides is somewhat sudden, and depending on the reader's worldview could be seen as extremely nihilistic, or alternatively as hopeful. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ A microcosm of 20th century conflicts *by R***A on August 24, 2020* Fratricides takes us to a small Greek village that serves as a microcosm of much that happened all around the world in the 20th century as Communism and Socialism swept through. Sometimes through the eyes of a detached narrator, sometimes through father Yánaros' - an indomitable Greek Orthodox Priest that is often indistinguishable from Zorba - we learn how the nationalist side with their praise of country and God, and the rebels, with their romantic and naive view that they could shape a new, better world after they razed the old one to the ground justified the carnage that killed so many of their neighbors. Father Yánaros wants to know if the rebels are right in seeking for justice through revenge and for freedom through submission, but most importantly he wants to reunify Castello, his village, and he wants to reunify Greece itself. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The Fratricides by Nikos Kazantakis. *by M***N on January 12, 2013* I was not aware of this book until I discovered it on your website. Its English translation, 1964, was published after the 1957 death of the Author. I am glad to have it because I have most of the other historic fiction works of the author. 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