IF THEIR LOVE ENDS — Yener Karadeniz

Time 03 01A moment of horror A haunting roar filled the air its source unknown An earthquake measuring 7 4 on the Richter scale shook Turkey Densely populated cities rocked like a child s cradle Panic everywhere People fleeing their homes Screams Cries of despair Umut could not take his eyes off his books for a long time He always shared his sorrows with them and later with Gizem as well To him a life without books was lifeless decayed and love less Love and affection shone in the eyes of two lovers He saw every letter as silver every word as gold every sentence as a wedding band every page as a pearl and the book as a whole universe A universe that lived through their love For them books meant knowledge breath patience even a fist or the force of a nuclear bomb Through them the world received the warmth of the sun the glow of the moon and the brilliance of the stars Umut believed If people s love ends life itself ends Then he gazed long into the horizon Perhaps searching for a new love This novel tells the story of the real events of the earthquake the tent city built afterward and the love journey of two souls Interwoven with the insights of psychologists experts and writers on the subject of love the book also paints a portrait of an enligh tened nation and an enlightened individual

Time 03 01 A moment of horror A haunting roar filled the air its source unknown An earthquake measuring 7 4 on the Richter scale shook Turkey Densely populated cities rocked like a childs cradle Panic everywhere People fleeing their homes Screams Cries of despair Umut could not take his eyes off his books for a long time He always shared his sorrows with them and later with Gizem as well To him a life without books was lifeless decayed and love less Love and affection shone in the eyes of two lovers He saw every letter as silver every word as gold every sentence as a wedding band every page as a pearl and the book as a whole universe A universe that lived through their love For them books meant knowledge breath patience even a fist or the force of a nuclear bomb Through them the world received the warmth of the sun the glow of the moon and the brilliance of the stars Umut believed If peoples love ends life itself ends Then he gazed long into the horizon Perhaps searching for a new love This novel tells the story of the real events of the earthquake the tent city built afterward and the love journey of two souls Interwoven with the insights of psychologists experts and writers on the subject of love the book also paints a portrait of an enligh tened nation and an enlightened individual

Time 03 01 A moment of horror A haunting roar filled the air its source unknown An earthquake measuring 7 4 on the Richter scale shook Turkey Densely populated cities rocked like a child s cradle Panic everywhere People fleeing their homes Screams Cries of despair Umut could not take his eyes off his books for a long time He always shared his sorrows with them and later with Gizem as well To him a life without books was lifeless decayed and love less Love and affection shone in the eyes of two lovers He saw every letter as silver every word as gold every sentence as a wedding band every page as a pearl and the book as a whole universe A universe that lived through their love For them books meant knowledge breath patience even a fist or the force of a nuclear bomb Through them the world received the warmth of the sun the glow of the moon and the brilliance of the stars Umut believed If people s love ends life itself ends Then he gazed long into the horizon Perhaps searching for a new love This novel tells the story of the real events of the earthquake the tent city built afterward and the love journey of two souls Interwoven with the insights of psychologists experts and writers on the subject of love the book also paints a portrait of an enligh tened nation and an enlightened individual