"A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade and discover life in 1920s Berlin. There, amid the city's bustling streets, elegant museums, passionate politics and seedy cabarets, a change meeting transforms his life forever. Caught between his desire for freedom and his yearning
Madonna in a Fur Coat
✍ Scribed by Sabahattin Ali
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Year
- 2016;2017
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Edition
- [New edition] /
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 014198127X
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
✦ Synopsis
'A heart-breaker . . . it has the kind of indefinably powerful impact of The Great Gatsby' Observer****
'The surprise bestseller ... read, loved and wept over by men and women of all ages'Guardian
'A tale of young love and disenchantment, of missed opportunities and passion's elusive, flickering flame'Financial Times ****
__
_Her dark eyes were lost in thought, absently staring into the distance, drawing on a last wisp of hope as she searched for something that she was almost certain she would never find._
'The magical novel about a Turkish man who falls in love with an artist in 1920s Berlin ... recreates a vanished era and dramatises a doomed relationship with verve, depth and poignancy. The result is a miniature masterpiece' The National
'Moving and memorable, full of yearning and melancholy' The Times
' A tale of young...
📜 SIMILAR VOLUMES
**Available in English for the first time, this best-selling Turkish classic of love and alienation in a changing world captures the vibrancy of interwar Berlin.** A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade and discover life in 1920s Berlin. There, amidst the city's bust
It is almost impossible to believe, but it appears that the handsome young Italian Prince Antonio di Sogino has stolen an exquisite Florentine antique necklace from Jennie, the Marchioness of Kirkham, with whom he has enjoyed a brief dalliance on a visit to London. Distraught and terrified that her
Három nő. Két festmény. Egy titok. 1525, Wittenberg, Szászország A szász választófejedelem híres udvari festője, Lucas Cranach szomorú szemű fiatal nő portréját festi meg. A mű csak látszólag egyszerű arckép, a mester gondoskodik róla, hogy a festmény rejtett üzenetéből a figyelmes szemlélő kiolvas
Három nő. Két festmény. Egy titok. 1525, Wittenberg, Szászország A szász választófejedelem híres udvari festője, Lucas Cranach szomorú szemű fiatal nő portréját festi meg. A mű csak látszólag egyszerű arckép, a mester gondoskodik róla, hogy a festmény rejtett üzenetéből a figyelmes szemlélő k
A una de les millors places de Copenhagen hi ha el monument de Joan Cristià Andersen, el príncep de la fantasia fill d'un trist sabater, el somniador, l'errívol, l'etern imaginatiu del conte, la novel·la i el teatre. Els viatgers de qualsevol contrada, en arribar a aquella plaça danesa, on Joan Cris