Here is the seminal novel of modern Greek literature. This is a book set against the backdrop of a Greek island, during a time of poverty, misery, and seemingly peaceful daily routine. And amidst the pastoral setting and simple village life, lives a chilling character: her name is Hadula, and she is a herbalist, midwife, and murderer. She is the axis around which a suspenseful, disturbing, gripping, and as many readers as her readers develop. Hadula floods us with "big" questions, and it is no wonder that Alexandros Papadiamantis is also called the "Greek Dostoevsky." The book's themes are the essence of good and evil, morality, honor, guilt, anger, jealousy, betrayal, lack of horizons, passion, and lies. Papadiamantis seduces readers in every possible way, with writing that was many decades ahead of its time - he translates Greek myths into modern language and presents us with a breathtaking masterpiece. "Hadula" was adapted for film in 1974. In the last decade, the novel has been translated into more than twenty languages and is gradually gaining a place of honor among the great literary classics.