The monumental work of modern Greek prose, characterized as the Bible of the contemporary exodus of Asia Minor Hellenism. Since their first publication in 1962, "Bloody Lands" has sold over 400,000 copies. The book has been translated into the following languages: English, Bulgarian, Estonian, French, German, Dutch, Hungarian, Russian, Romanian, Serbian, Spanish, Italian, Turkish, and Celtic Breton. In Turkey, the book had a tremendous impact.