The Museum of Innocence
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · October 5, 2010
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- Who it’s for
- In late-1970s Istanbul, romance and social codes meet in a story of private longing.
- Themes
- Romance, Obsession and collecting, Istanbul bourgeois society
- Genres
- Literary Fiction, 20th-Century Historical Romance, Cultural Heritage Fiction
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Now a Netflix series • 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 Füsun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled.
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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 Füsun 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.
Love and Objects
In late-1970s Istanbul, romance and social codes meet in a story of private longing.
Come here for
- Romance threaded through Istanbul’s changing social world
Expect
- A lovelorn gaze that turns objects into measures of feeling and society
Where it sits
| Literary Fiction | 45% |
|---|---|
| 20th-Century Historical Romance | 34% |
| Cultural Heritage Fiction | 28% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Literary Fiction
- 20th-Century Historical Romance
- Cultural Heritage Fiction
- Authors
- Orhan Pamuk
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- October 5, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Romance · Obsession and collecting · Istanbul bourgeois society
- Reading lane
- Literary Fiction