A family saga between East and West. This is something you haven't read before: Feridun Zaimoglu takes his readers to 1930s Istanbul, immersing them in a foreign and fascinating world where a German boy must find his place. A family saga of a special kind, filled with emotion, depth, and suspense. Wolf doesn't know what is happening to him. After the death of his mother, he lived with his father, but following a warning about the Gestapo, they must suddenly leave Germany. It is the year 1939, and Wolf finds himself in Istanbul, in the family of Abdullah Bey, a former colleague of his father's. The Seven Towers district is one of the most vibrant neighborhoods of the metropolis, where religions and ethnicities coexist in a tense yet dynamic environment. What was intended as a temporary measure becomes a permanent solution, and Wolf must adapt.