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From the author of Like a Sword Wound Weaving together tortured love affairs, political intrigue, power struggles, and social upheavals, Love in the Days of Rebellion offers a powerful and vivid tableau of the crisis of the Ottoman Empire in the early 20th century. The 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. The 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. 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.

WINNER OF THE 2021 PRIX FEMINA FOR BEST FOREIGN NOVELThe third volume of the internationally acclaimed Ottoman Quartet, written by Ahmet Altan while he was imprisoned by the Turkish regimeThis masterly constructed, sweeping novel centers on the story of Nizam's tormented love affair with a Russian pianist, Anya, and is told against the backdrop of the Ottoman Empire's tumultuous history in the years leading up to WWI.Underlying the novel's tale of war and love and Altan's absorbing exploration of the inner lives of a vast cast of characters, is a fierce criticism of masculinity and of its degeneration into violence against women, nationalism, and authoritarianism.Once again, Altan confirms to be an elegant, powerful, and courageous writer, who is not afraid to denounce an arrogant and undemocratic government that, today as a century ago, relies on bigotry, censorship, and intimidation to cling to power and control the lives of its people.

From the acclaimed author of I Will Never See the World Again, this poignant coming-of-age novel finds moments of remarkable humor in a present-day Istanbul rife with economic and political hardships. Fazıl's comfortable existence studying literature is upended by his family's sudden financial ruin, followed swiftly by the death of his father. Forced to sell his belongings and move to an old boardinghouse, he discovers a new side of the city, populated by immigrants, poets, sex workers, and busboys, all struggling to get by. On a tip from a fellow resident, Fazıl finds work to support himself through university, as an extra on a TV show, where he meets two women who will change his life. Sıla, a striking young student, shares his love of Virginia Woolf and uniquely understands his current predicament: once well-off, she too has lost everything, after the government unjustly seized her father's business. While they begin a tentative romance, Fazıl is also drawn to the show's vivacious leading lady, Hayat, whose carefree, sensuous outlook differs so greatly from his own. Written from his prison cell, Ahmet Altan's latest novel offers a witty, insightful view of modern Turkey and the lives of its "new poor" that shows how we can find light in the darkest times.

A man retires to a sun-baked Turkish town for a quiet life. What he finds is a world of suspicion, paranoia and violence. In a community of shady local officials, corrupt businessmen and a crooked police force, our narrator's life spins into chaos and criminality. The town makes a murderer of him. The question is, who did he kill?

'A deeply moving memoir... We owe Ahmet Altan a tremendous debt for the strength he has shown in sharing his story with us' Jon McGregor Written from the confines of a prison cell in Istanbul, one of Turkey's greatest living novelists reflects upon hope, despair and the light literature can bring to even the darkest places. The destiny I put down in my novel has become mine. I am now under arrest like the hero I created years ago. I await the decision that will determine my future, just as he awaited his. I am unaware of my destiny, which has perhaps already been decided, just as he was unaware of his. I suffer the pathetic torment of profound helplessness, just as he did. Like a cursed oracle, I foresaw my future years ago not knowing that it was my own. Confined in a cell four metres long, imprisoned on absurd, Kafkaesque charges, novelist Ahmet Altan was one of many writers persecuted by Recep Tayyip Erdogan's oppressive regime. In this extraordinary memoir, written from his prison cell, Altan reflects upon his sentence, on a life whittled down to a courtyard covered by bars, and on the hope and solace a writer's mind can provide, even in the darkest places. Longlisted for the 2019 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 'It is something special to visit Ahmet Altan in his prison, and to leave with an unexpected feeling of elation, motivated by the sheer, towering greatness of the human spirit' Philippe Sands 'Read this - it will explain why you ever read anything, why anyone ever writes' AL Kennedy

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.

“A deeply compelling and immersive narrative about love, desire, loneliness and landscape.”—Elif Shafak (on book 1 of the series) “Altan uses a Tolstoyan combination of the epic and the intimate to explore questions of national identity and historical narrative.”—The Observer “Altan’s descriptions of a stifling atmosphere of authoritarian repression in Istanbul in the early 1900s conjure up constant comparisons with today’s Turkey.”—The TLS The third book in the Ottoman Quartet, set in the years leading up to WWI, is steeped in the tumultuous events and the political struggle that shaped 20th century Turkey, from the war against the Bulgarian army and the coup that resulted in the nation’s one-party rule. Against this background, a tormented, obsessive love affair unfolds between Nizam, the son of Hikmet Bey, and Russian pianist Anya. This tapestry of love and war allows Altan to analyse the structure of male power and its degeneration into violence against women, uncompromising nationalism, and pervasive censorship. Atan confirms himself as a caustic, courageous writer, never afraid to denounce an arrogant and undemocratic power, allowing the reader to read between the lines the situation of contemporary Turkey.

A magnificent coming-of-age story about freedom and desire by the acclaimed author of I Will Never See the World Again. Winner of the Prix Femina Étranger.Istanbul is changing, its society decomposing. When his father dies, Fazil learns that one's entire world can change in an instant. Lost are the security and privileges of his family, replaced now by the precarity of poverty. And yet, despite this dramatic change in circumstance, Fazil pursues his desire to study literature at university.As he attempts to navigate this new, darker world, he begins a romance with Sila, a striking young student who shares his love of Virginia Woolf and who understands his current predicament. But it is the exuberant Madame Hayat, passionate, carefree and with a vivacious lust for life, who captivates Fazil. He attempts to create a new freedom through her person, but around them, the dangers of their changed society grow and increasingly surround them.Written from his prison cell, Ahmet Altan's latest novel offers an insightful view of modern Turkey and shows how, even in the darkest times, light can be found.

- I ty ne bojsja, Antonij... V zhizni nechego bojatsja... Zhizn bolshe ni na chto ne godna, krome kak zhit. Glupo pytatsja kopit zhizn, otkladyvaja vse na potom, kak delajut skupye ljudi. Ona ne nakaplivaetsja, potomu chto... Dazhe esli ty ee ne tratish, ona raskhoduetsja sama soboj.Fazyl, molodoj rasskazchik, izuchaet literaturu v strane, navodnennoj repressijami novogo rezhima.V pereryvakh mezhdu zanjatijami v universitete geroj podrabatyvaet v massovke teleshou. Kak-to v odnom iz pavilonov on vstrechaet zhenschinu v dva raza starshe ego, obladajuschuju takoj magneticheskoj pritjagatelnostju, chto Fazyl bez pamjati v nee vljubljaetsja. A cherez nekotoroe vremja on znakomitsja s junoj Syloj.Napolnennaja nezhnostju, strastju i neubivaemoj ljubovju k zhizni istorija molodogo cheloveka, chi vzgljady v korne menjajutsja v rezultate dvukh sudbonosnykh vstrech.Perevodchik: Avrutina Apollinarija Sergeevna

Hayat Hanim är namnet på en oförglömlig karaktär och en kvinna som försöker hallå fast vid livet i ett samhälle där allt förfaller. Romanen får oss att tro på kärlekens kraft. Författaren har fått beröm av krtitiker utanför Turkiet och vunnit Femina Foreign Fiction Award 2021 och 2021 Transfuge Best European Novel Award.

Etter et mislykket selvmordsforsøk ligger Hikmet Bey, sønn av sultanens lege, på sykehus i Tessaloniki for å gjenfinne krefter og livsgnist. Fortvilet forsøker han å glemme kvinnen som har forårsaket ham så stor lidelse: hans vakre kone Mehpare Hanim. Samtidig er store endringer på gang i den osmanske hovedstaden. Sultanens makt er truet, et opprør er i emning, og volden bryter ut i Istanbuls gater.Kjærlighet i opprørets tid er andre bind i Ahmet Altans osmanske kvartett, som er blitt omtalt som en tyrkisk Krig og Fred. Her tegner Ahmet Altan et levende bilde av det osmanske riket på begynnelsen av det 20. århundre. Ved hjelp av et formidabelt persongalleri der skjebner flettes sammen, forteller han om intriger, politikk, kjærlighet og håp i denne storslåtte krøniken om slutten på et imperium.Ahmet Altan er en av Tyrkias mest betydelige forfattere. Han er en av flere tyrkiske forfattere og skribenter som ble arrestert og fengslet etter kuppforsøket i Tyrkia i 2016. Han ble løslatt våren 2021.

Ved begynnelsen av det 20. århundre er Istanbul en blomstrende og rik by. Men bak alt det vakre lurer intriger, forræderi og mord, og den en gang så mektige osmanske byen ligger på dødsleiet. Den vidunderlig vakre Mehpare Hanim gifter seg med sønnen til sultanens livlege. For henne blir dette starten på en eventyrlig reise, mens for ham blir det inngangen til en stor og livsfarlig kjærlighetshistorie. Det er nemlig ikke bare Mehpares nygifte mann som har forelsket seg i henne. Som et sverdsår er første bind i Ahmet Altans osmanske kvartett, som er blitt omtalt som en tyrkisk Krig og fred. Her tegner Altan et levende bilde av det osmanske riket på begynnelsen av det 20. århundre. Ved hjelp av et formidabelt persongalleri der skjebner flettes sammen, forteller han om intriger, politikk, kjærlighet og håp i denne storslåtte krøniken om slutten på et imperium.

I september 2016 blir både Ahmet Altan og broren Mehmet arresterte i Erdogans angrep på den frie pressa etter det mislykka kuppforsøket sommaren 2016. Altan skal ha komme med grunnlovsstridige kommentarar, mellom anna gitt ei «underbevisst melding» til kuppmakarane då han kritiserte presidenten i eit prateshow på TV. Våren 2018 blir han dømd til fengsel på livstid. I dag sit han i fengselet Silivri i utkanten av Istanbul, utan rett til besøk anna enn frå den næraste familien og advokaten sin, under streng sensur, utan rett til å søkje om nåde. Ahmet Altan skildrar augneblinken då politiet kom og henta han tidleg ein morgon, rettssaka, dommen og livet i fengsel. Eg får aldri sjå verda igjen er ei urovekkjande, men også poetisk og vakker bok, om Tyrkias veg mot diktaturet, om kampen for menneskeverd - og om litteraturen og fantasiens kraft. Boka er omsett frå tyrkisk av Gunvald Axner Ims.

”Glemsel er den største frihed, et menneske kan opleve. Fængslet, cellen, væggene, dørene, låsene, problemerne og de mennesker, som sætter grænser for mit liv og siger: 'Hertil og ikke længere', udraderes. Den handling at skrive indeholder et magisk paradoks, for du kan ikke kun søge tilflugt i den og skjule dig i den, men også udbrede dine ord til hele verden. Den gør det muligt både at glemme og at blive husket.”I juli 2016 forsøgte militærfolk at gennemføre et kup mod Tyrkiets præsident Recep Teyyip Erdogans regering. Forsøget mislykkedes, men konsekvenserne for titusindvis af uskyldige intellektuelle, journalister og forfattere har været og er fortsat enorme. De tyrkiske retssale og fængsler har siden kupforsøget været fyldt med folk, der påstås at have støttet kupmagerne, eller som blot ikke at har udtrykt tilstrækkeligt med opbakning til præsidenten. I februar 2018 blev forfatter og journalist Ahmet Altan dømt til fængsel på livstid.Denne samling af bevægende, hårrejsende og til tider morsomme essays er skrevet i fængslet. De handler om dagligliv, om savn, om inspiration og om at holde fast i, hvem man er, selvom omgivelserne gør, hvad de kan, for at nedbryde en. Kort sagt: de handler om at overleve. Det er korte, gribende beretninger fra en absurd virkelighed, der udspiller sig i dette nu, mens du læser. Ahmet Altan, forfatter og journalist, født i 1950 i Ankara, Tyrkiet. Han har arbejdet for flere af de store tyrkiske aviser, som Hürriyet, Milliyet og Radikal. I 2007 etablerede han avisen Taraf, som støttede, at Tyrkiet knyttede tættere bånd til Europa. Altan har skrevet om det armenske folkemord, og talt for forsoning med landets kurdiske befolkning. Avisen blev lukket af myndighederne i 2016. Ahmet Altan har skrevet syv romaner, der alle er udkommet i Tyrkiet, og hvoraf flere er oversat til andre sprog, herunder engelsk, tysk og norsk. ”Jeg kommer aldrig til at se verden igen” er Altans første udgivelse på dansk. "Læs den. Og læs den så igen!" - The Guardian

I sin utsmugglade fängelsememoar reflekterar Altan över sin dom och över sitt liv; det liv som nu krympts till att endast ­omfatta en gallerförsedd rastgård. Men också över hur det hopp och den tröst som litteraturen skänker kan hitta in till den mörkaste av platser. Med en lågmält insiktsfull och vardagligt poetisk ton, som trotsar den fasansfulla situation han befinner sig i, ger den turkiske författaren Ahmet Altan sin bild av den politiska censur som följer i spåren av den ­auktoritära populism som just nu är på stark frammarsch världen över. Han hålls inspärrad i en blott fyra meter lång cell, dömd av Tayyip Erdogans förtryckarregim på absurda, Kafkaliknande grunder. Ahmet Altan (f. 1950) är en av Turkiets mest inflytelse­rika och lästa författare. Han kastades i fängelse i samband med utrensningarna efter det misslyckade kuppförsöket i juli 2016. I februari 2019 dömdes Altan till tio års fängelse för delaktighet i kuppförsöket, något han hela tiden nekat till. Det är uppenbart att regimen försöker att tysta en oberoende röst och hindra en fri och självständig penna från att skapa.

På ett plan handlar Madame Hayat om en ung man, Fazil, som efter sin fars död lämnar hemstaden för att studera. Han hyr in sig på ett pensionat och jobbar extra som statist på teveinspelningar. Där träffar han två kvinnor som kommer att förändra hans liv för alltid. Den mogna madame Hayat, på samma gång en modersgestalt och förförerska, samt den unga Sila, en jämnårig flicka som han blir vanvettigt förälskad i. Fazil slits mellan de här två gestalterna.Mellan raderna tar också en annan berättelse form, en berättelse av smygande osäkerhet och fruktan där människorna precis som i dagens Turkiet lever i sammetsdikaturens skugga och där själva historien, minnena, det kollektiva medvetandet kontrolleras allt hårdare. Vad är frihet egentligen? Vem äger rätten att berätta sitt liv? Ahmet Altan vågar ta ett grepp om de stora existentiella frågorna i denna täta, symbolladdade roman.Belönad med det prestigefyllda franska Prix Femina Étranger 2021.”Madame Hayat är den bästa skildringen av Turkiet efter den så kallade 15 juli-­kuppen 2016. Ett starkt episkt drama och ett vittnesmål om hur maktlösheten breder ut sig och rättslösheten drabbar vanliga oskyldiga människor.” – Kurdo Baksi

Intrigue, betrayal, love, war, progress, and tradition provide a colourful backdrop against which the lives of an Ottoman army officer, the Sultan's personal doctor, a scion of the royal house, and a beguiling Turkish aristocrat play out. All the while, the society to which they belong is transforming, and the Sublime Empire disintegrates. Here is a Turkish saga reminiscent of War and Peace, that traces not only the social currents of the time but also the erotic and emotional lives of its characters.