Overview
Con ventas de mĆ”s de un millĆ³n de ejemplares, es la novela mĆ”s vendida en TurquĆa de los Ćŗltimos aƱos.
Raif Efendi llega a BerlĆn en los aƱos veinte, enviado por su padre para aprender los secretos del negocio familiar, la fabricaciĆ³n de jabones de tocador. Sin embargo, su espĆritu soƱador lo empuja hacia el arte y la literatura. AdemĆ”s de estudiar alemĆ”n y leer novelas rusas, se dedica a recorrer la ciudad, visitando museos y exposiciones, en pos de algo que lo apasione verdaderamente. Una tarde, tras quedarse absorto ante la contemplaciĆ³n del retrato de una mujer envuelta en un abrigo de piel, sabe que por fin ha encontrado lo que buscaba. AsĆ, poco despuĆ©s, Raif conocerĆ” a la autora del lienzo, Maria Puder, y su vida darĆ” un vuelco para siempre.
Rescatada del olvido a finales de los noventa, esta tercera novela de escritor turco Sabahattin Ali -fallecido de forma prematura en 1948- es uno de los acontecimientos editoriales mĆ”s llamativos de los Ćŗltimos tiempos. Traducida a una decena de idiomas y con ventas de mĆ”s de un millĆ³n de ejemplares, esta historia de amor desdichado entre un joven turco y una pintora alemana se ha convertido en un autĆ©ntico fenĆ³meno de culto en su paĆs, sobre todo entre la juventud, que con su lectura manifiesta la resistencia a la creciente erosiĆ³n de los derechos civiles y reivindica una mayor apertura hacia Europa.
ENGLISH DESCRIPTION
A love story between a young Turkish man and a German painter, that takes place in the city of Berlin in the 1920s.
With more than one million copies sold, it is the best-selling novel in Turkey during the last years.
Raif Efendi arrives in Berlin in the twenties, sent by his father to learn the secrets of the family business, the manufacture of toilet soaps. However, his spirit pushes him towards art and literature. In addition to studying German and reading Russian novels, he spendsn most of his time visiting museums and exhibitions, in pursuit of something that truly excites him. One afternoon, after being absorbed by the contemplation of a 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 upside down forever.
This book title, Madona con abrigo de piel / Madona in a Fur Coat, ISBN: 9788418173929, by Sabahattin Ali, published by PRH Grupo Editorial (August 23, 2022) is available in paperback. Our minimum order quantity is 25 copies. All standard bulk book orders ship FREE in the continental USA and delivered in 4-10 business days.
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