The book then follows the ensuing years where Kemal first tries to track Füsun down, then attempts to win back her love. The two are supposed to meet at his secret love apartment the next day, but she doesn’t show up. Kemal, being an idiot who thinks he can somehow get married and also keep secretly seeing the woman who he is actually in love with, invites Füsun to his engagement party.

Kemal & Füsun continue to meet in secret, fall in love, & become increasingly close. This is a problem because he’s engaged to someone else, a woman named Sibel who is of a similar societal status as he is. In 1970s Istanbul, a rich businessman named Kemal falls in love with a girl named Füsun, who he meets in a shop. “The Museum of Innocence” is a romantic story. I couldn’t wait to find out what would happen next. Once I started the book, I couldn’t put it down, breezing through all 700-odd pages in just a few days. I’ll try to keep it as spoiler-free as possible, but skip this part if you really don’t want to know anything about the plot of “The Museum of Innocence”. Here’s a very brief synopsis of “ The Museum of Innocence.” The book was Orhan Pamuk’s first novel released after he won the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. A visit to the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul, TurkeyĪ visit to the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul, Turkey The Museum of Innocence: The Book.Remember that if you’re buying books as a gift, we also offer a wide-range of book prints, gifts and greetings cards for readers of all ages! Check out our print studio and gift-shop today. If you’re buying your books as a gift, we can gift-wrap them in a lovely bundle and send them wherever in the world you wish! We can even hand-write your greetings card with your personal message. If we recommend books to you through this service, we’ll be able gather up those books and send them to you no matter where you are in the world.

Our recommendations service is open for all to use. Moreover, we pride ourselves on being able to track down and obtain any book our customers want. In 2003 he won the IMPAC prize for M y Name is Red, and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. Orhan Pamuk is the author of many celebrated books of fiction, nonfiction, and photography.

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