The Museum of Innocence

by Orhan Pamuk

Book Overview

From the Nobel Prize winner and "one of the great novelists" (The Washington Post) comes a stirring exploration of the nature of romance in late 1970s Istanbul.

It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged. But when Kemal encounters F?sun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled. And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift begins to open between Kemal and the world of the Westernized Istanbul bourgeoisie. In his pursuit of F?sun over the next eight years, Kemal becomes a compulsive collector of objects that chronicle his lovelorn progress--amassing a museum that is both a map of a society and of his heart.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307386244
• ISBN13: 9780307386243
• Release Date: October 2010
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 560 Pages
• Weight: 0.97 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 5.1" x 8.0"