Madona con abrigo de piel

Raif Efendi arrived in Berlin in the 1920s, sent by his father to learn the secrets of the family business, the manufacture of toilet soaps. However, his dreaming spirit pushes him towards art and literature. In addition to studying German and reading Russian novels, he is dedicated to touring the city, visiting museums and exhibitions, in search of something that he is truly passionate about. One afternoon, after being absorbed in the contemplation of the portrait of a woman wrapped in a fur coat, he knows that he has finally found what he was looking for. Thus, shortly after, Raif will meet the author of the canvas, Maria Puder, and his life will turn around forever. Rescued from oblivion in the late 1990s, this third novel by Turkish writer Sabahattin Ali - who died prematurely in 1948 - is one of the most striking editorial events of recent times. Translated into a dozen languages ??and with sales of more than a million copies, this unfortunate love story between a young Turk and a German painter has become a true cult phenomenon in their country, especially among the youth, who with its reading, it expresses the resistance to the growing erosion of civil rights and demands a greater openness towards Europe.