Farewell Anatolia (Greek: Ματωμένα χώματα, romanized: Matomena chomata, lit.
It was first published in Athens in 1962 and has been translated into several languages including English, Bulgarian, French, Turkish, Spanish, German and others.
With Ottoman Empire's entry to the war, the protagonist is taken prisoner into the forced labour battalions Amele Taburları.
As the Greek troops advance, Manolis perceives the senselessness of war, and its extreme violence.
[1] It has been highly popular in Greece, reaching its 107th reprint in 2022 and selling at least 423 thousand copies despite its circulation being prohibited during the Greek military dictatorship of 1967-74.