The second instalment in the Ottoman Quartet-the masterful saga of
Turkish history by Ahmet Altan-follows the vast and vivid cast of
characters introduced in the first volume of the series, Like A
Sword Wound. By weaving together tortured love affairs, political
intrigue, power struggles, and social upheavals, the novel offers a
powerful and vivid tableau of the crisis of the Ottoman Empire in
the early 20th century. The second instalment opens with the
attempted suicide of Hikmet Bey, the son of the sultan's personal
physician. The reason for his extreme gesture is, to forget the
extremely beautiful and proud Mehpare Hanim, his wife and the cause
of all his suffering. While Hikmet recovers in a hospital in
Thessaloniki, slowly regaining his strength and will to live,
radical changes are afoot in the Ottoman capital. The power of the
sultan is eroding, a rebellion is brewing, and violence erupts on
the streets of Istanbul. It is the eve of one of the key events
that will lead to the collapse of the Empire: the countercoup of
1909. With striking clarity and imaginative power, Altan evokes the
traumas and upheavals of Ottoman history, showing how-over a
hundred years later-the events and wounds of that time still
resonate in the tensions and contradictions of today's Turkey.
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