Madonna in a fur coat

Sabahattin Ali First published 2017

About this book

"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"--

Subjects

  • berlin (germany), fiction
  • coming of age
  • cultural heritage
  • fiction
  • fiction, coming of age
  • fiction, historical, general
  • history
  • jewish
  • turks
  • young men