Vicki Baum – Grand Hotel 1956 1st Turkish Book Turkey

Vicki Baum – Grand Hotel (Berlin Oteli) – Martı Yayınları 1956 First Edition

Description:

This is the 1956 first Turkish edition of Grand Hotel (Berlin Oteli) by Vicki Baum, published by Martı Yayınları. The Turkish edition was translated by Celal Dağlar and published in Istanbul. Bibliographic records identify this edition as Martı Yayınları No. 2.

Originally published in 1929 under the German title Menschen im Hotel, the novel takes place almost entirely inside a luxurious Berlin hotel during the glamorous yet turbulent years of the Weimar Republic. Several completely different lives intersect there for a brief period: a once-famous Russian ballerina facing the end of her career, a charming aristocratic thief, a wealthy businessman hiding serious problems, an ambitious young typist and a terminally ill accountant determined to enjoy what may be his last days.

Baum turns the hotel itself into a miniature version of modern society, where wealth, poverty, ambition, loneliness, romance, crime and desperation exist side by side. The characters arrive as strangers and their lives become unexpectedly intertwined before separating again. The novel became an international bestseller and was later adapted into the famous 1932 film Grand Hotel, giving the work an important place in both literary and popular culture.

For collectors, this is a particularly attractive 1956 first Turkish edition of one of Vicki Baum's best-known novels. Its early publication date, Martı Yayınları imprint and place in the history of Turkish translations of European literature make it an appealing vintage collectible.

Key Features:

• Author: Vicki Baum

• Original Title: Grand Hotel

• Turkish Title: Berlin Oteli

• Publisher: Martı Yayınları

• Publication Year: 1956

• Edition: First Edition

• Language: Turkish

• Translator: Celal Dağlar

• Genre: Literary Fiction; Social Drama; Romance; Crime

• Setting: Berlin, Germany

• Period: Weimar Republic / 1920s

• Themes: Love; Ambition; Wealth; Class; Loneliness; Crime; Mortality; Social Change

• Original Publication: 1929

• Film Connection: Basis for the celebrated 1932 film Grand Hotel

• Collector Appeal: 1956 first Turkish edition, an early Martı Yayınları publication and a vintage Turkish edition of Vicki Baum's internationally celebrated Grand Hotel.

• Special Condition: Uncut pages – the pages have never been opened or separated. Finding a vintage book from 1956 in this uncut-pages condition is exceptionally difficult and adds significant collector appeal.

• Cover: Original Turkish cover artwork by a Turkish artist, making this a Turkey-only cover collectible.

• Condition: Uncut pages. Cover shows signs of age and wear consistent with its vintage character.