The Museum of InnocenceThe Museum of Innocence
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eBook, 2010
Current format, eBook, 2010, , Available.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.
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.
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