Summary

In Chapter 32, Cem and Ayse found their own building development company. They name the company Sohrab and view it as a type of substitute for having children. The company does quite well, and Cem finds that he is “a wealthy, middle-aged man” (160). They begin buying more land for new development projects, and they discover that land in Öngören has become a valuable location due to Istanbul’s urban expansion.

In Chapter 33, Cem and Ayse visit Cem’s father, who has remarried. Over the course of dinner conversation, Cem begins to suspect that his father may once have had an affair with Gülcihan, the red-haired woman.

In Chapter 34, Cem decides to buy land in Öngören and begin to develop it. Cem then recalls when he was young and his parents taught him to swim at the beach. Cem remembers how comforted he...