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The Museum of Innocence

The Museum of Innocence

Author(s): Orhan Pamuk

Location(s): Istanbul (Constantinople)

Genre(s): Fiction, Romance

Era(s): 1975 onwards

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Kemal spends much of his life in love with Fusun, who is a beautiful shop girl and also distant relative. In an attempt to record and preserve their relationship with her, he starts to collect and hoard objects which somehow feel to him relevant to the relationship he perceives with Fusun – and it is this collection which gives the book its title.

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As always with Pamuk’s books Istanbul is the absolute shining star – Great Reader 5 – The Museum of Innocence – set in Istanbul between 1975 and today – tells the story of Kemal,...

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