TEHRAN – A Persian audiobook of the 1946 novel “Zorba the Greek” written by Nikos Kazantzakis has been released.
In Iran, the novel was first translated into Persian by Mohammad Ghazi and published by Karazmi Publishing in 1978, and has been reprinted many times since then.
Now, an audio version of this classic work has been produced in collaboration with Maahava Institute and Kharazmi Publication. According to ISNA, the production features multiple voice actors and is available on all audiobook platforms.
The voice cast includes Mehdi Pakder, Reza Omrani, Sepideh Marmil, Komeir Soleimanpour, Hami Gambarzadeh, Iman Esfahani, Mahmoud Ravasani, Parisa Malekzadeh, and more.
“Zorba the Greek” is the story of a young Greek intellectual who attempts to escape his bookish life with the help of the boisterous and mysterious Alexis Zorba. The novel was adapted into a successful 1964 film of the same name directed by Michael Cacoyannis, as well as a stage musical and a BBC radio play.
Alexis Zorba is a fictionalized version of miner George Zorba. The novel was made into an Academy Award-winning 1964 film starring Anthony Quinn as Zorba and Alan Bates. The film won three Academy Awards.
The book has been adapted many times in languages other than English, including a 1972 German-language television film and the ballet Zorba il Greco by Mikis Theodorakis, produced at the Verona Arena in 1987-1988.
This classic novel explores the conflict between aesthetics and rationality, the inner life and the life of the heart.
This is a story of two men, their great friendship, and the importance of living life to the fullest. Zorba, a Greek worker, has an extraordinary personality, energetic and unpredictable. He goes to Crete with the anonymous narrator and ends up working in the narrator’s lignite mine, and the two develop a unique relationship. The two cannot be separated any longer. The narrator is an intelligent, modest, and unassuming person. Zorba is free, energetic, and beyond polite. During the journey, he becomes the narrator’s greatest friend and inspiration, helping him understand the joy of living.
Zorba is highly regarded as one of the most remarkable figures in the literary world. He is a character in the great tradition of Sinbad the Sailor, Falstaff, and Sancho Panza. He responds with passion to all that life has to offer, whether supervising workers in a mine, confronting a mad monk in a mountain monastery, or embellishing stories of past adventures.
“Zorba the Greek” explores the beauty and pain of existence, inspiring readers to reevaluate the most important aspects of their lives and live to the fullest.
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