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Madonna in a Fur Coat

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This Penguin Classic is performed by Philip Arditti, best known for The Danish Girl and Game of Thrones. This definitive recording includes an introduction by David Selim Sayers.

'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.

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

'A miniature masterpiece' The National

'A gorgeously melancholic romance' Irish Times

© Sabahattin Ali 2016 (P) Penguin Audio 2021

Critics Review

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
A tale of young love and disenchantment, of missed opportunities and passion's elusive, flickering flame . . . reminiscent of Turgenev's First Love, with a hero every bit as gauche, and a twist every bit as bitter
Financial Times
The magical novel about a Turkish man who falls in love with an artist in 1920s Berlin ... recreates a vanished era and dramatises a doomed relationship, and does so with verve, depth and poignancy. The result is a miniature masterpiece.
The National
A heart-breaker . . . it has the kind of indefinably powerful impact of The Great Gatsby
Observer
A poignant coming-of-age tale, drenched in disillusionment. The gap between hope and reality, art and ordinary life, has been explored in many other novels, but rarely with the unaffected simplicity of Madonna in a Fur Coat.
Times Literary Supplement
Moving and memorable, full of yearning and melancholy ... reading it is like taking a literary minibreak
The Times
A gorgeously melancholic romance . . . a cautionary tale certain to beguile
Irish Times
Author Sabahattin Ali
Narrator Philip Arditti
Duration 7 hours and 7 minutes
Release Date
ISBN 9780241539644
Format Audiobook
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Genre Classic fiction, Fiction in translation, Narrative theme: Love and relationships
Availability AU, GB, IE

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