The Museum of Innocence
Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
By Orhan Pamuk
Translated by Maureen Freely
The Museum of Innocence - set in Istanbul between 1975 and today - tells the story of Kemal, the son of one of Istanbul's richest families, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun, who is a shop-girl in a small boutique.
The novel depicts a panoramic view of life in Istanbul as it chronicles this long, obsessive, love affair between Kemal and Fusun; and Pamuk beautifully captures the identity crisis experienced by Istanbul's upper classes who find themselves caught between traditional and westernised ways of being.
- ISBN:
- 9780571237029
- Format:
- Paperback / softback
- Pages:
- 672
- Published:
- Publisher:
- Faber & Faber
- Imprint:
- Faber & Faber
- Weight:
- 597 g