The Museum of Innocence
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The Museum of Innocence

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

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eBook - ePub

The Museum of Innocence

Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature

About this book

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. In his romantic pursuit of FĂŒsun over the next eight years, Kemal compulsively amasses a collection of objects that chronicles his lovelorn progress-a museum that is both a map of a society and of his heart.

The novel depicts a panoramic view of life in Istanbul as it chronicles this long, obsessive love affair; and Pamuk beautifully captures the identity crisis experienced by Istanbul's upper classes that find themselves caught between traditional and westernised ways of being. Orhan Pamuk's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize is a stirring love story and exploration of the nature of romance.

Pamuk built The Museum of Innocence in the house in which his hero's fictional family lived, to display Kemal's strange collection of objects associated with Fusun and their relationship. The house opened to the public in 2012 in the Beyoglu district of Istanbul.

'Pamuk has created a work concerning romantic love worthy to stand in the company of Lolita, Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina.' --Financial Times

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title Page
  3. Dedication
  4. Epigraphs
  5. Contents
  6. Maps
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. 1: The Happiest Moment of My Life
  9. 2: The ƞanzelize Boutique
  10. 3: Distant Relations
  11. 4: Love at the Office
  12. 5: Fuaye
  13. 6: FĂŒsun’s Tears
  14. 7: The Merhamet Apartments
  15. 8: Turkey’s First Fruit Soda
  16. 9: F
  17. 10: City Lights and Happiness
  18. 11: The Feast of the Sacrifice
  19. 12: Kissing on the Lips
  20. 13: Love, Courage, Modernity
  21. 14: Istanbul’s Streets, Bridges, Hills, and Squares
  22. 15: A Few Unpalatable Anthropological Truths
  23. 16: Jealousy
  24. 17: My Whole Life Depends on You Now
  25. 18: Belkıs’s Story
  26. 19: At the Funeral
  27. 20: FĂŒsun’s Two Conditions
  28. 21: My Father’s Story: Pearl Earrings
  29. 22: The Hand of Rahmi Efendi
  30. 23: Silence
  31. 24: The Engagement Party
  32. 25: The Agony of Waiting
  33. 26: An Anatomical Chart of Love Pains
  34. 27: Don’t Lean Back That Way, You Might Fall
  35. 28: The Consolation of Objects
  36. 29: By Now There Was Hardly a Moment When I Wasn’t Thinking About Her
  37. 30: FĂŒsun Doesn’t Live Here Anymore
  38. 31: The Streets That Reminded Me of Her
  39. 32: The Shadows and Ghosts I Mistook for FĂŒsun
  40. 33: Vulgar Distractions
  41. 34: Like a Dog in Outer Space
  42. 35: The First Seeds of My Collection
  43. 36: To Entertain a Small Hope That Might Allay My Heartache
  44. 37: The Empty House
  45. 38: The End-of-Summer Party
  46. 39: Confession
  47. 40: The Consolations of Life in a Yalı
  48. 41: Swimming on My Back
  49. 42: The Melancholy of Autumn
  50. 43: Cold and Lonely November Days
  51. 44: Fatih Hotel
  52. 45: A Holiday on Uludağ
  53. 46: Is It Normal to Leave Your Fiancée in the Lurch?
  54. 47: My Father’s Death
  55. 48: The Most Important Thing in Life Is to Be Happy
  56. 49: I Was Going to Ask Her to Marry Me
  57. 50: This Is the Last Time I’ll Ever See Her!
  58. 51: Happiness Means Being Close to the One You Love, That’s All
  59. 52: A Film About Life and Agony Should Be Sincere
  60. 53: An Indignant and Broken Heart Is of No Use to Anyone
  61. 54: Time
  62. 55: Come Again Tomorrow, and We Can Sit Together Again
  63. 56: Lemon Films Inc.
  64. 57: On Being Unable to Stand Up and Leave
  65. 58: Tombala
  66. 59: Getting Past the Censors
  67. 60: Evenings on the Bosphorus, at the Huzur Restaurant
  68. 61: To Look
  69. 62: To Help Pass the Time
  70. 63: The Gossip Column
  71. 64: The Fire on the Bosphorus
  72. 65: The Dogs
  73. 66: What Is This?
  74. 67: Cologne
  75. 68: 4,213 Cigarette Stubs
  76. 69: Sometimes
  77. 70: Broken Lives
  78. 71: You Hardly Ever Come Here Anymore, Kemal Bey
  79. 72: Life, Too, Is Just Like Love
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  80. 73: FĂŒsun’s Driving License
  81. 74: Tarık Bey
  82. 75: The İnci Patisserie
  83. 76: The Cinemas of Beyoğlu
  84. 77: The Grand Semiramis Hotel
  85. 78: Summer Rain
  86. 79: Journey to Another World
  87. 80: After the Accident
  88. 81: The Museum of Innocence
  89. 82: Collectors
  90. 83: Happiness
  91. Index of Characters
  92. About the Author
  93. By the Same Author
  94. Copyright