Kazantzakis's autobiographical novel 'Report to Greco' was one of the last things he wrote before he died. It paints a vivid picture of his childhood in crete, still occupied by the turks, and then steadily grows into a ...Kazantzakis's autobiographical novel 'Report to Greco' was one of the last things he wrote before he died. It paints a vivid picture of his childhood in crete, still occupied by the turks, and then steadily grows into a spiritual quest that takes him to Italy, jerusalem, Paris, vienna, berlin, Russia and the caucasus, and finally back to crete again.