Sabahattin Ali (1906-1948) is a famous Turkish writer, master of the psychological novel genre. “Favorites” includes the best of them: “Yusuf of Kuyudzhak”, “The Devil Inside Us”, “Madonna in a Fur Coat”. The action of the first of these novels takes place at the beginning of the century. The quiet, measured life of the inhabitants of the village of Kuyudzhak is shocked by the brutal murder of a poor family. The surviving boy, Yusuf, is taken in by the district chief. The matured Yusuf's struggle for happiness and love ends tragically: his beloved wife dies. However, the hero is not broken, he is ready to fight even more decisively for a better future... The other two novels are about love, about the fate of the Turkish intelligentsia on the eve and during the Second World War.