Alexis Sorbas

A love letter to Greece and its people. The world-famous and multiple award-winning novel about a fateful adventure in Crete was adapted into an unforgettable film classic starring Anthony Quinn.

Alexis Sorbas is the primal philosopher of simple living, who knows all the trades that can be practiced with foot, hand, and head. In a harbor tavern in Piraeus, the first-person narrator, a writer searching for the true roots of his life, meets the drifter. Together, they travel to the southern coast of Crete, attempting to revive an old mine.

A daring adventure that spectacularly fails—where the "boss," as Alexis Sorbas soon calls him, learns more about life than from all his books. Alexis Sorbas lives in the moment, drawing from the security of nature; he is the broadest soul, the strongest body, the freest scream. A novel full of power and life, confidence and inner strength, and a rogue's tale of ancient cheerfulness.