
The Museum of Innocence
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
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
- Cover
- Title Page
- Dedication
- Epigraphs
- Contents
- Maps
- Acknowledgments
- 1: The Happiest Moment of My Life
- 2: The Ćanzelize Boutique
- 3: Distant Relations
- 4: Love at the Office
- 5: Fuaye
- 6: FĂŒsunâs Tears
- 7: The Merhamet Apartments
- 8: Turkeyâs First Fruit Soda
- 9: F
- 10: City Lights and Happiness
- 11: The Feast of the Sacrifice
- 12: Kissing on the Lips
- 13: Love, Courage, Modernity
- 14: Istanbulâs Streets, Bridges, Hills, and Squares
- 15: A Few Unpalatable Anthropological Truths
- 16: Jealousy
- 17: My Whole Life Depends on You Now
- 18: Belkısâs Story
- 19: At the Funeral
- 20: FĂŒsunâs Two Conditions
- 21: My Fatherâs Story: Pearl Earrings
- 22: The Hand of Rahmi Efendi
- 23: Silence
- 24: The Engagement Party
- 25: The Agony of Waiting
- 26: An Anatomical Chart of Love Pains
- 27: Donât Lean Back That Way, You Might Fall
- 28: The Consolation of Objects
- 29: By Now There Was Hardly a Moment When I Wasnât Thinking About Her
- 30: FĂŒsun Doesnât Live Here Anymore
- 31: The Streets That Reminded Me of Her
- 32: The Shadows and Ghosts I Mistook for FĂŒsun
- 33: Vulgar Distractions
- 34: Like a Dog in Outer Space
- 35: The First Seeds of My Collection
- 36: To Entertain a Small Hope That Might Allay My Heartache
- 37: The Empty House
- 38: The End-of-Summer Party
- 39: Confession
- 40: The Consolations of Life in a Yalı
- 41: Swimming on My Back
- 42: The Melancholy of Autumn
- 43: Cold and Lonely November Days
- 44: Fatih Hotel
- 45: A Holiday on UludaÄ
- 46: Is It Normal to Leave Your Fiancée in the Lurch?
- 47: My Fatherâs Death
- 48: The Most Important Thing in Life Is to Be Happy
- 49: I Was Going to Ask Her to Marry Me
- 50: This Is the Last Time Iâll Ever See Her!
- 51: Happiness Means Being Close to the One You Love, Thatâs All
- 52: A Film About Life and Agony Should Be Sincere
- 53: An Indignant and Broken Heart Is of No Use to Anyone
- 54: Time
- 55: Come Again Tomorrow, and We Can Sit Together Again
- 56: Lemon Films Inc.
- 57: On Being Unable to Stand Up and Leave
- 58: Tombala
- 59: Getting Past the Censors
- 60: Evenings on the Bosphorus, at the Huzur Restaurant
- 61: To Look
- 62: To Help Pass the Time
- 63: The Gossip Column
- 64: The Fire on the Bosphorus
- 65: The Dogs
- 66: What Is This?
- 67: Cologne
- 68: 4,213 Cigarette Stubs
- 69: Sometimes
- 70: Broken Lives
- 71: You Hardly Ever Come Here Anymore, Kemal Bey
- 72: Life, Too, Is Just Like LoveâŠ.
- 73: FĂŒsunâs Driving License
- 74: Tarık Bey
- 75: The İnci Patisserie
- 76: The Cinemas of BeyoÄlu
- 77: The Grand Semiramis Hotel
- 78: Summer Rain
- 79: Journey to Another World
- 80: After the Accident
- 81: The Museum of Innocence
- 82: Collectors
- 83: Happiness
- Index of Characters
- About the Author
- By the Same Author
- Copyright