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The one on the page is not at all a plot summary, but a critical review, and one that smells like Personal Research a mile away. Has anybody actually read the book, and can contribute a true summary?

I did a mistake and undid it myself!Sorry.--Iordanis777^listening 09:45, 12 September 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I do not believe the Greek title provided is correct, as "politeia" is "republic" or things related to the city and politics (polis is the city). Perhaps they were looking for "peripeteia" which is "adventures" in Modern Greek. I am not very good with Greek, however, and would like a fluent speaker to check this. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Andrei Jipa (talk • contribs) 00:00, 2 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

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I have read the book and the one thing that was obvious to me is that it is a book about homosexuality. That is the big theme. The clear climax of the book is when the narrator sleeps with Zorba on the beach, narrated as a dream come true. There is virtually no mention of relations with women, except one where the narrator had a one-night stand with an evil seductress widow, and all other women who appear are depicted as either absurd, as whores or as monsters. Yet it is very difficult to find any review where this aspect is discussed. People prefer not to see it and brush it under the carpet, preferring to believe this is about two red-blooded males having a good time.

www.thecrimson.com [1] says of the film version "The film implies, apparently unintentionally, that this effeminate character" (Alan Bates, the narrator) "is homosexual. Although the suggestion is later contradicted, it is unmistakable and confusing". So just like the book then! The book is designed to confuse, nothing is spelled out, as is the case with much great literature. The film must have got it right then. Nowhere in the book is the narrator's homosexuality (or bi-sexuality, etc) contradicted. He is portrayed as effeminate in the book, shying away from physical work, which he leaves to the macho Zorba whom he admires so much. 212.104.155.43 (talk) 13:46, 26 August 2022 (UTC)[reply]