Report to Greco

Nikos Kazantzakis · 1883–1957 · Greece

Originally Anafora ston Greko (Greek)

Why it matters

Kazantzakis's posthumous spiritual autobiography, addressed to his Cretan ancestor El Greco, recasts his own restless pilgrimage through Christ, Buddha, Lenin, and Nietzsche as one long wrestling match with God. His summing-up, written as he was dying.

At a glance

Digressive, essayistic chapters trace a lifetime of philosophical wandering rather than a linear plot.