Madonna in a Fur Coat
- Auteur: Sabahattin Ali (Turkije)
- Soort boek: Turkse roman
- Origineel: Kürk Mantolu Madonna (1943)
- Engelse vertaling: Maureen Freely, Alexander Dawe
- Uitgever: Penguin Classics
- Verschijnt: 4 maart 2025
- Omvang: 192 pagina’s
- Uitgave: paperback / ebook
- Prijs: £ 9,99 / £ 4,99 / £ 13,00
- Boek bestellen bij: Amazon / Bol / Libris
Sabahattin Ali Madonna in a Fur Coat recensie en review
- “A heart-breaker … it has the kind of indefinably powerful impact of The Great Gatsby.” (Observer)
- “A gorgeously melancholic romance.” (Irish Times)
- “Moving and memorable, full of yearning and melancholy … reading this is like a literary minibreak.” (Fiona Wilson, The Times)
Flaptekst van de roman uit 1943 van de Turkse schrijver Sabahattin Ali
‘The pain of losing something precious can be forgotten over time. But our missed opportunities never leave us, and every time they come back to haunt us, we ache.’
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 chance meeting transforms his life forever. Caught between his desire for freedom and his yearning to belong, he struggles to hold on to the new life he has found.
Sabahattin Ali was born on 25 Februari 1907 in the Ottoman town of Egridere (now Ardino in southern Bulgaria). A teacher, novelist, short-story writer and journalist, he owned and edited a popular weekly newspaper called Marko Pasa. He is admired for the determination with which he defended his political beliefs, which are anchored through his writing. Madonna in A Fur Coat, first published in 1943, is his best loved work and a touchstone of Turkish literary culture which continues to resonate profoundly with readers young and old today. He was killed on 2 April 1948 in Kırklareli, Turkey, on the Bulgarian border, only 41 years of age.