NIKOS KAZANTZAKIS by Helen Kazantzakis. 589 pp. Simon & Schuster. $12. For Nikos Kazantzakis, who died in 1957, the great temptation was asceticism. Drawn to the cold, solitary vigils of the spirit, the Greek poet and novelist struggled steadily to stay rooted to earth and passionately celebrated the vitality of life. This enduring tension between worldliness and renunciation, so characteristic of Kazantzakis’ novels, is persistently evident in his letters, which have now been collected by his wife and woven together into a very special sort of biography. Read More...
Publié le 29 mai 2024par Jean Damien Lesay pour Localtis Tourisme, culture, loisirs Le bilan 2023 du CNC (Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée) est globalement positif. Avec 180,4 millions d'entrées (+18,6% par rapport à 2022), une part de marché des films français qui s'élève à 40%, et 27,8% de part de marché pour les films d'art et essai, le cinéma français affiche pour 2023 des constantes satisfaisantes par rapport à ces dernières années. Read More...
For Jewish people around the world, Hanukkah is marked by lighting candles on the menorah for eight nights, eating latkes and spinning the dreidel. But when the holiday starts, many Jewish Americans will be focused on a different tradition: gift-giving. “It’s important to recognize that it is an American Jewish phenomenon, this gift-giving that’s part of Hanukkah,” Rabbi Menachem Creditor, scholar in residence at the UJA-Federation of New York, tells TIME. Read More...
