The Last Temptation
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
A towering work of literary and philosophical fiction, The Last Temptation chronicles the deeply human struggle of Jesus of Nazareth as he wrestles with doubt, desire, and the terrifying weight of divine destiny. Nikos Kazantzakis presents a Christ who is not a serene, otherworldly figure but a tormented man torn between the comforts of earthly life — love, family, and the simple pleasures of mortality — and the agonizing call of God. The novel's climactic vision, in which a dying Jesus on the cross is tempted by a dream of an ordinary human life, stands as one of the most audacious and spiritually provocative sequences in twentieth-century literature. Written with raw, poetic intensity, Kazantzakis argues that true holiness is not the absence of temptation but the courageous, moment-by-moment choice to transcend it. Passionate, controversial, and profoundly moving, this masterwork remains an enduring meditation on sacrifice, free will, and what it truly means to be both human and divine.
Author: Kazantzakis
Format: Hardback
Genre: Religion
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damage
Pages: Tanning and foxing , price clipped
Markings: Previous owner
A towering work of literary and philosophical fiction, The Last Temptation chronicles the deeply human struggle of Jesus of Nazareth as he wrestles with doubt, desire, and the terrifying weight of divine destiny. Nikos Kazantzakis presents a Christ who is not a serene, otherworldly figure but a tormented man torn between the comforts of earthly life — love, family, and the simple pleasures of mortality — and the agonizing call of God. The novel's climactic vision, in which a dying Jesus on the cross is tempted by a dream of an ordinary human life, stands as one of the most audacious and spiritually provocative sequences in twentieth-century literature. Written with raw, poetic intensity, Kazantzakis argues that true holiness is not the absence of temptation but the courageous, moment-by-moment choice to transcend it. Passionate, controversial, and profoundly moving, this masterwork remains an enduring meditation on sacrifice, free will, and what it truly means to be both human and divine.