Museum Of Innocence

Pamuk, Orhan

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‘The Museum of Innocence’, set in Istanbul between 1975 & today, tells the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istanbul’s richest families, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun, who is a shop-girl in a small boutique.

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Publish Date: 02/09/2010

Description

A deeply moving portrait of a torturous love affair that shows Istanbul in all its complex beauty.

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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

‘An enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling. . . a very tender evocation of Istanbul’s moment of dolce vita.’
– The Guardian
‘Intimate and nuanced.. A classic, spacious love story.’ – Pico Iyer, The New York Review of Books

Kamal lives a life of cosmopolitan glamour, exploring the restaurants and boutiques of Istanbul with his friends and fiancé. In the newly modern city, they pride themselves on their liberal attitudes and Western style.

A chance encounter with Fusun, a working-class shop-girl, begins a long, obsessive love affair, one that draws him deep into Istanbul’s complex history, and uncovers the forces of class and gender that still control its inhabitants’ lives.

Additional information

Weight 597 g
Dimensions 198 × 126 × 45 mm
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Publisher

Imprint

Cover

Paperback

Pages

xi, 733

Language

English

Edition

1st paperback ed

Dewey

894.3534 (edition:23)

Readership

General – Trade / Code: K