The tamer of Istanbul

Day 4 of my trip | Page 145

Even in titles: “Goethe in the harem”.

The theme of a young woman lying languidly on a chaise longue is rather common, but it loses its seductive value thanks to this object that is absolutely alien to the orientalism created in the west.

 

A book, and what's more it's Goethe's Faust in German!

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