I have just finished reading the Italian translation. It's a fascinating book, where you do enter the world of the protagonists and their passion seems to become your own one.
Continues... 09 Jan 2010, Davide Melano Bosco
Why is Pamuk writing the same book over and over? The Black Book was a breathtakingly original masterpiece, Istanbul set about revealing its inspiration and The Museum of Innocence treads over the same territory...
Continues... 07 Jan 2010, P P
I agree with Joel Sanders, of 01, Jan. 2010. The book was repetitive and painfully slow. I think Pamuk is a fabulous author but "Museum of Innocence" left me bored, aggravated with the "Kemal" and insulted (my intelligence).
Link 05 Jan 2010, Gloria Chafin-Patin
When I finished the pivotal chapter, The Engagement Party, I flung the book down in disgust and vowed to return it to the library immediately.
Then, to my horror and shame, I realized that not reading the book was causing me even more pain than reading the book. My "manly immorality" had dissolved into a mysterious numbness.
Continues... 20 Feb 2010, Kevin Burke
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You may start with the Wikipedia article about Orhan Pamuk to get more information on the writer of this book.
Orhan Pamuk was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006. You may read his Nobel Lecture: My Father's Suitcase
The official site of the writer is located at www.orhanpamuk.net
The official site of “The Museum of Innocence” is located at www.masumiyetmuzesi.com (in Turkish).
Pamuk describes the relation between the novel and the museum as “The museum is not an illustration of the novel and the novel is not an explanation of the museum. They are two representations of one single story perhaps.” in an interview with German broadcaster Deutsche Welle.
Pamuk is writing a series of articles, discussing the literary, philosophical and personal backgrounds of the novel and his thoughts on other great novels about love. These articles will also be linked here.
This section will be updated as more resources are available about the book.
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