“Farewell Anatolia” is a story about lost paradise and shattered innocence; a tragic mural of the fall of Hellenism in Asia Minor; a scathing indictment of the policies of the Great Powers, the desire for oil, and corruption. Dimitra Sotiropoulou's novel - a timeless best seller in Greece since its first publication in 1962 - narrates the story of Manolis Axiotis, a poor but resourceful villager born near the ancient ruins of Ephesus. Axiotis is a fictional protagonist and eyewitness to an authentic nightmare: the “Destruction of Asia Minor” by the revolutionary forces of Kemal Atatürk in the summer of 1922.