The Museum of Innocence - Softcover

Pamuk, Orhan

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Softcover

ISBN 10: 0571237010 ISBN 13: 9780571237012

Publisher: Faber and Faber, 2010

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The Museum of Innocence - set in Istanbul between 1975 and 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. The novel depicts a panoramic view of life in Istanbul as it chronicles this long, obsessive, love affair between Kemal and Fusun; and Pamuk beautifully captures the identity crisis esperienced by Istanbul's upper classes who find themselves caught between traditional and westernised ways of being.

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NATIONAL BESTSELLERA "New York Times" Notable Book"In so many ways, a stunningly original work . . . granular and panoramic, satirical and yet grounded in reality. This is a twisted love story, engrossing and sensual in its own right. But Pamuk being Pamuk, it is so much more than that." -- San Francisco Chronicle"Sprawling, beautiful, frantic, and, in the end, painfully honest. . . . The ever-crafty Pamuk manages to leave an artful imprint of his hero, kleptomania and all, on your psyche.""-- The Georgia Straight""Lit from within by humanity like a Rembrandt painting, this is an audacious, sweeping and timeless love story." "-- Winnipeg Free Press""In sum, The Museum of Innocence is a deeply human and humane story. Spellbindingly told, it is resounding confirmation that Orhan Pamuk is one of the great novelists of his generation. With this book, he literally puts love into our hands." "-- The Washington Post"

Book Description:

Orhan Pamuk's gripping tale of forbidden love - now in paperback

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