In this novel, the young man Pavli drowns himself in the ocean after an unnamed Widow spends the night with the narrator, causing her to be stoned and decapitated by an angry funeral procession.
The narrator of the novel is given some Christmas cookies and rosewater by a woman who returns his umbrella. The title character of this work secures an agreement from the leaders of a monastery to sell him some wood. In this novel, the young man Pavli drowns himself in the ocean after an unnamed Widow spends the night with the narrator, causing her to be stoned and decapitated by an angry funeral procession. The narrator is referred to as "the boss" by the passionate title character, who eventually marries the aging prostitute Madame Hortense and helps run a Cretan lignite mine. For 10 points, name this novel by Nikos Kazantzakis.
The narrator of the novel is given some Christmas cookies and rosewater by a woman who returns his umbrella.
{Zorba} the {Greek} [or {Vios kai politela tou Alexe Zormpa}]