The Great Eastern.

About The Great Eastern

The Great Eastern is a novel by Greek writer and poet Andreas Embirikos. Described as the author's "lifework", it is the largest modern Greek novel, of approximately 2,100 pages, comprising in its final form five parts and spanning over a hundred chapters. Its writing lasted from 1945 to 1951, though the author continued to work on the project until its final version became standardized around 1970. The book was first published in eight volumes in the period 1990–1992, fifteen years after the writer's death.