The police took Selim away. Before he left, he hugged Leyla one last time and whispered in her ear: “Be strong, Leyla. This too shall pass.” But they both knew that difficult and uncertain days lay ahead. Selim’s absence permeated every corner of the house, searing Leyla’s heart like a silent scream. Everything had changed in an instant; a point of no return had been reached. They were at the edge of a precipice, and the fall had begun.
A story of love and resistance from Zülfü Livaneli: Bekle Beni.
While struggling to build a life with the fervor of love, Leyla and Selim find themselves amidst all manner of hardship and separation. On one hand, the desperate rush to reunite, and on the other, the fight for freedom drags them to different places throughout the novel. Their love will fuel their resistance, and their resistance will strengthen their love.
Finely weaving together love, friendship, family bonds, and the passion for liberty, Bekle Beni is the novel of a country’s hardships on the road to freedom, the struggle waged against oppression, resistance, isolation, and solidarity.
From Livaneli’s unique pen…
