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It reads, "Junior officers tried to overthrow the military Government...but the authorities reported that the uprising had been crushed."
Anisul Hoque
The story pans across 20 years. Oscillating between the late '70s - when the Bangladesh air force staged a mutiny during the military government spearheaded by then President, Ziaur Rahman - and the late '90s - when Bengali daily reporter Zayadul Ahsan released a series on air force and other government personnel who went mysteriously missing in the aftermath of the coup - the story traces the life of Ayesha Begum, perennially in search of her beloved husband.
In the book, October 2, 1977 is chronicled differently - "Joynal had not returned. Ayesha could count every second of the time as it passed by". With the "uprising" that was "crushed," so were lives. Part homage, part history, a fictional story that is weaved together with nuggets of reportage, Hoque narrates something even stranger than that - the truth, making the book a must read.
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