The Book came to an end and so did a great absorbing companion. I spent nights in my garden with my Spanish 'Raki' and my light cigar. As the book approached its inevitable end I slowed the tempo. Was it laziness, tiredness or mere lack of time? No I discovered it was simply a melancholic feeling of already pre-empting a missing my friend, The Museum Of Innocence, of missing my companion for these weeks... of missing Fusun!!! maybe...
Link 18 Aug 2010, Richard Felipes
This extraordinary novel expands in one's mind for days after finishing it... It is not just a love story, but a story about how we choose to live our lives, a story about a country and culture in transition, and the conflicting gender roles that rupture relationships within such transitions. The beloved woman kills herself because no man in her life will give her the space to live a life of her own. Sad, beautiful, and pretty darn believable--and none of the men are unsympathetic!
A classic.
Link 06 Aug 2010, Amelia G.
Its my first encounter with the author, grabbing the book in haste at a German airport in between flights. I always search for quality with History and a Good story as a must. I am living the Museum of Innocence. I am in their lives and I am in their homes. Heart wrenching at times but wonderfully written with tremendous human insight and undertstanding. Slow and penetrating.
Link 05 Aug 2010, Richard Felipes
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
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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.
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