[MGSA-L] Kazantzakis' TODA-RABA

[Neni Panourgia]

Dear George,

The naming of the book is, indeed, very interesting and the book as a 
whole is fascinating and you will enjoy reading it. But what I want to 
say here is that Eleni Kazantzakis's introductions to NK's books are 
always valuable and, in retrospect, indispensable.

And if you feel like it, you might want to read my piece on Eleni's 
introductions that appear in the China/Japan travels that came out in 
/Χάρτης/ a few months ago, 
https://www.hartismag.gr/hartis-36/afierwma/h-psyxh-einai-syggymnasia-paswn-twn-aisohsewn-o-kazantzakhs-ston-xarth. 
You might enjoy the videos at the end of the article, too.

All best wishes,

Neni

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Professor Neni Panourgiá

Justice in Education, Academic Adviser
Prison Education Program,
Heyman Center for the Humanities, Rm 100
Columbia University,
New York, NY 10027
Tel. 212-854-1277
http://justiceineducation.columbia.edu/programs/justice-in-education-scholars/

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On 5/16/2022 5:20 AM, George Baloglou wrote:
> Not every day: I was walking by an old books store -- more precisely a 
> sidewalk table -- when I saw these two words, meaning "thanks a lot" 
> in Modern Hebrew, on a 1956/1929* book bearing Nikos Kazantzakis' name 
> ... so I did not think twice and purchased the book (for 5 euros if 
> you care to know), assuming it had to do with his travels in the 
> Middle East and visibly excited about that :-) ["So, that means 
> Kazantzakis was thinking highly of the Jews", quickly decided the book 
> dealer :-) ] What a disappointment, the book in question was about 
> USSR! But the question indirectly raised by the book dealer stands: 
> why the book's hero -- who is black, hence not Jewish -- bears those 
> two Hebrew words (both misstressed as τόντα-ράμπα rather than 
> τοντά-ραμπά)??? If no answer emerges here ... I may have to read the 
> entire book, I am afraid (or perhaps read more carefully Eleni 
> Kazantzakis' introduction to the1962* edition, whatever)!
>
> *https://www.parapolitika.gr/media/article/1082614/nikos-kazadzakis-toda-raba-i-megali-prosfora-sunehizetai-to-savvato-9-ianouariou-me-ta-parapolitika/ 
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