I found the book as ordinary. The last pages were particularly boring.
Link 01 May 2010, FEROOZ AHMAD
For me, it's an interesting, irritating and amusing adventure. Maybe I'm mistaken, but the novel is the real museum, in a way that no conventional, concrete or sentimental museum could be.
Whilst, I suppose that there are no heroes in this novel - and a good thing too, in my humble opinion - the central characters seem to have found happiness on quite a number of occasions, throughout the novel, and even in the final outcomes themselves. An escape from post-modernism, via post-modern means?
Link 26 Apr 2010, Martyn Richard Jones
After reading the first few chapters, I really didn't think much of the book, although I greatly admired Orhan's style of writing. This book just built up a maelstrom of emotions inside me. There were times when I was disturbed and also angered by Kemal's obsession, a failure on my part to understand the possibility of having such an obsession without being sure if Fusun shared any of his passion.
Continues... 10 Apr 2010, Glory
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
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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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