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Madonna in a Fur Coat
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  • Published: 19 January 2027
  • ISBN: 9780241820445
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $40.00
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Madonna in a Fur Coat

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Paperback
20 July 2021
Hardback
19 Jan 2027
EBook
5 May 2016
Audiobook
4 Nov 2021
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The internationally bestselling tale of love and loss in 1920s Berlin, now in Penguin Clothbound Classics

'It is, perhaps, easier to dismiss a man whose face gives no indication of an inner life. And what a pity that is: a dash of curiosity is all it takes to stumble upon treasures we never expected.'

A shy young man leaves his home in rural Turkey to learn a trade in 1920s Berlin. The city's crowded streets, thriving arts scene, passionate politics and seedy cabarets provide the backdrop for a chance meeting with a woman, which will haunt him for the rest of his life. Emotionally powerful, intensely atmospheric and touchingly profound, Madonna in a Fur Coat is an unforgettable novel about new beginnings and the unfathomable nature of the human soul.

With an introduction by David Selim Sayers.
  • Published: 19 January 2027
  • ISBN: 9780241820445
  • Imprint: Penguin Classics
  • Format: Hardback
  • Pages: 192
  • RRP: $40.00
Categories:

About the author

Sabahattin Ali

Sabahattin Ali (1907-1948) was born 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.
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Praise for Madonna in a Fur Coat

You think you know yearning ... you think you know the fleeting nature of happiness ... you think you know unrequited love, you think you know lyrical writing ... and then you read Madonna in a Fur Coat

Jack Edwards

The surprise bestseller ... read, loved and wept over by men and women of all ages

Guardian

Deeply moving … transformative … a love story that I actually love

Elif Shafak

A heart-breaker ... it has the kind of indefinably powerful impact of The Great Gatsby

Observer