Serpent and lily

Nikos Kazantzakis

Original title: Ofis Ke Krino

Translated by Theodora Vasils earliest edition we have, 1980 University of California Press, 1980 hardcover 117 pages

**From kazantzaki.gr, website of the Nikos Kazantzakis museum:** *Plot* Having enjoyed what life has had to offer him, a pleasure and beauty-worshipping artist is gradually overcome by the idea of death. He decides that his death, just like his life, will be connected with carnal love and beauty. He therefore calls on his mistress and spends a night of passion with her in a night full of flowers; in the morning they...

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Theodora Vasils 1 printing we hold · 1980 · University of California Press

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Editions we hold

Ophis kai krino edition · 2002 · Ekdoseis Kazantzakē · 218 pages
Zambaku dhe Gjarpri edition · 2000 · Onufri · 106 pages
Serpent and lily hardcover · 1980 · University of California Press · 117 pages

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