The reader is prepared from early on, and even in the title, that a happy ending is far from likely. But one still hopes. During his affair with Fusun you can empathize with Kemal that the stakes are simply too high to break off his engagement with Sibel. How wrong he was. It would have been a scandal but surely better than the fate that awaited him. A heartbreaking account of obsessive love.
Link 24 May 2010, Charles Leslie
This book is an amazing expression of a man's love and passion for the true love of his life. It is so well written and engrossing book, that you feel all the emotions in you, as you read through the chapters. As the story progresses I felt heart broken and disgust for the protagonist. Sadness creeps into me as if all this was happening to me.
Continues... 14 May 2010, Sonika
I have always been an ardent fan of Orhan Pamuk's writing. This book undoubtedly is his best work. I have never read a love story which is so compulsive and at the same time beautiful. Love is a very strong emotion and every person experiences love in varied intensity. This book dwells deep into heart of a man, who is ready to live on with this positive emotion through out his life. Thank you Pamuk for this beautiful expression, called - Museum of Innocence.
Link 02 May 2010, Jesla Zaheer
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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