'But for that slender connection with the mainland, Andalı would have been a regular island, ' says Aslı Bi en in the opening chapter of this deliciously multi-layered novel. And it would have been an ordinarystory about love and loss, if it weren't for theearthquake thatunexpectedly sets the landmass afloat on the Aegean, kindling a series of increasingly oppressive measures by the authorities;ostensibly to keep public order. As Andalı...