{"product_id":"love-in-the-days-of-rebellion-9781609456191","title":"Love in the Days of Rebellion","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFrom the author of \u003cem\u003eLike a Sword Wound\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeaving together tortured love affairs, political intrigue, power struggles, and social upheavals, \u003cem\u003eLove in the Days of Rebellion\u003c\/em\u003e offers a powerful and vivid tableau of the crisis of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe second installment 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe novel opens with the attempted suicide of Hikmet Bey, the son of the sultan's personal physician. The reason for his extreme gesture was to forget the extremely beautiful and proud Mehpare Hanım, his wife and the cause of all his suffering. While Hikmet is recovering 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWith 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Europa Editions\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/24\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781609456191\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 496\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.30w x 1.70d","brand":"Ahmet Altan","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":38026438410421,"sku":"9781609456191","price":16.15,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_e99f87f4-6807-4aaf-954f-8b4b9fa1f341.jpg?v=1609190436","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/love-in-the-days-of-rebellion-9781609456191","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}