Zorba the Greek

Overview of the novel Zorba the Greek The events revolve around the story of an educated man named Basil, immersed in books, who coincidentally meets an illiterate man whose only teacher is life and his experiences in it. A friendship quickly develops between the two men, and the educated Basil, who inherited a lot of money from his father, learns from Zorba about life, love, and the art of living. Hollywood also produced a famous film adapted from the novel with the same title, starring actor Anthony Quinn, and the film achieved great fame.