The Museum of Innocence
Orhan Pamuk
2010
A sweeping, emotionally charged novel of the nature of romantic attachment and the strange allure of collecting—this is Orhan Pamuk’s greatest achievement. It is Istanbul in 1975. Kemal is a rich and engaged man when he by chance encounters a long-lost relation, Fusun, a young shopgirl whose beauty stirs all the passion denied him in a society where sex outside marriage is taboo. Fusun ends their liaison when she learns of Kemal’s engagement. But Kemal cannot forget her: for nine years he tries to change her mind, meanwhile stealing from her an odd assortment of personal items, which he collects and cherishes—a “museum of innocence” that he puts on display to tell the heartbreaking story of a love that shaped a life.
Penguin Random House Canada
Penguin Random House Canada
Identifier
L0209Call Number
PL248.P34 M3713 2009Extent
xi, 535 pages : illustrations, map ; softcover 25 cmLanguage
ISBN
9780676979695Edition
Vintage Canada Edition, 2010Place of Publication
New York, NYPublication Type
PrintAuthor
Orhan PamukPublisher
Vintage CanadaCollection
grunt gallery LibraryCopyright 2009 Orhan Pamuk.