Sabahattin Ali

“Madonna i pelskåbe” er en roman, der er blevet rost af anmeldere verden over bl.a. i New York Times, Guardian, Sunday Times, Financial Times, Washington Post og flere andre store aviser. Sabahattin Ali, som i vore dage er en af de mest læste forfattere i Tyrkiet, har selv i sin tid ganske rammende beskrevet romanens hovedtema som nedenstående med sine egne ord fra bogen. ”Selv verdens simpleste, mest åndsforladte, ja sågar dummeste menneske er udstyret med en sjæl så uudgrundelig og forvirret, at man må slås med forundring! … Hvorfor nægter vi så at indse det og tror, at det væsen, som vi kalder mennesket, er noget af det letteste at forstå og bedømme?” “Madonna i pelskåbe” er en socialrealistisk roman af Sabahattin Ali, der forbinder 1920’ernes krigstrætte, men kunstnerisk dynamiske Berlin med 1930’ernes fattige og korrupte Tyrkiet på baggrund af det intense kærlighedsforhold mellem den indadvendte unge mand Raif, som af sin fader sendes til Tyskland for at lære om sæbeproduktion, men i stedet udvikler en interesse for litteratur og kunst, og den tysk-jødiske malerinde Maria Puder. Raifs beundring af og forelskelse i et selvportræt udstillet på et galleri i Berlin, som minder ham om Andrea del Sartos maleri af ”Madonna delle Arpie”, giver hans liv en ny vending efter et møde med den, der lavede selvportrættet, nemlig Maria Puder.

Once upon a time, there were three friends who loved to lounge around rather than business. It was hard to have the livelihood, they got kicked out wherever they went to even if they were spoilt by some places. They were not able to win with pleasure and to live with peace of mind so that they could not earn because they were not handy. One day, after a long journey, they were looking at the city below when they sat on a hill high and wondered how they would be welcomed in that place, one of them came up with a foolish idea: Said that "Come with me, let's make a glass palace in this city, we will live in abundance and comfort until the end of our lives "Others: They asked that "What is the glass palace?" The man: "Do not stop, do not waste our time, I would tell it on the way " they started to descend quickly like a bird down the hill. The ringleader taught his friends how to behave in three or five words on their way to the city.

Prison Song VDo not bend your head down, Do not mind my heart, damn it;Your crying would not have been heard, Do not mind my heart, damn it... Crazy waves are outsideCome and lick the walls off;Those sounds mess you around, Do not mind my heart, damn it... Even you do not see the sea, Turn your eyes to the sky up: The sky is like the sea;Do not mind my heart, damn

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 bustling streets, elegant museums, passionate politics, and infamous cabarets, a chance meeting with a beautiful half-Jewish artist transforms him forever. Caught between his desire for freedom from tradition and his yearning to belong, he struggles to hold on to the new life he has found with the woman he loves. Emotionally powerful, intensely atmospheric, and touchingly profound, Madonna in a Fur Coat is an unforgettable novel about new beginnings, the relentless pull of family ties, and the unfathomable nature of the human soul. First published in 1943, this novel, with its quiet yet insistent defiance of social norms, has been topping best-seller lists in Turkey since 2013.