‘A tale of young love and disenchantment, of missed opportunities and passion’s elusive, flickering flame’ Financial Times
‘The surprise bestseller … read, loved and wept over by men and women of all ages’ Guardian
‘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 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
‘Moving and memorable, full of yearning and melancholy’ The Times
‘A gorgeously melancholic romance’ Irish Times
