The museum of innocence

Pamuk, Orhan 1952- (Author). Freely, Maureen, 1952- (Added Author).

Summary: It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal, scion of one of the city's wealthiest families, is about to become engaged to Sibel, daughter of another prominent family, when he encounters Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation. Thus begins an obsessive but tragic love affair that will transform itself into a compulsive collection of objects--a museum of one man's broken heart--that chronicle Kemal's lovelorn progress and his afflicted heart's reactions.

Record details

ISBN: 0307266761
ISBN: 9780307266767
Physical Description: xi, 535 p. : ill., map ; 25 cm.
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Edition: 1st North American ed.
Publisher: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

The happiest moment of my life -- The Şanzelize boutique -- Distant relations -- Love at the office -- Fuaye -- Füsun's tears -- The merhamet apartments -- Turkey's first fruit soda -- F -- City lights and happiness -- The feast of the sacrifice -- Kissing on the lips -- Love, courage, modernity -- Istanbul's streets, bridges, hills, and squares -- A few unpalatable anthropological truths -- Jealousy -- My whole life depends on you now -- Belkis's story -- At the funeral -- Füsan's two conditions -- My father's story: pearl earrings -- The hand of Rahmi Efendi -- Silence -- The engagement party -- The agony of waiting -- An anatomical chart of love pains -- Don't lean back that way, you might fall -- The consolation of objects -- By now there was hardly a moment when I wasn't thinking about her -- Füsun doesn't live here anymore -- The streets that reminded me of her -- The shadows and ghosts I mistook for Füsun -- Vulgar distractions -- Like a dog in outer space -- The first seeds of my collection -- To entertain a small hope that might allay my heartache -- The empty house -- The end-of-summer party -- Confession -- The consolations of life in a yalt -- Swimming on my back -- The melancholy of autumn -- Cold and lonely November days -- Fatih hotel -- A holiday on Uludağ -- Is it normal to leave your financée in the lurch? -- My father's death -- The most important thing in life is to be happy -- I was going to ask her to marry me -- This is the last time I'll ever see her! -- Happiness means being close to the one you love, that's all -- A film about life and agony should be sincere -- An indignant and broken heart is of no use to anyone -- Time -- Come again tomorrow, and we can sit together again -- Lemon Films, Inc. -- On being unable to stand up and leave -- Tombala -- Getting past the censors -- Evenings on the Bosphorus, at the Huzur Restaurant -- To look -- To help pass the time -- The gossip column -- The fire on the Bosphorus -- The dogs -- What is this? -- Cologne -- 4,213 cigarette stubs -- Sometimes -- Broken lives -- You hardly ever come here anymore, Kemal Bey -- Life, too, is just like love ... -- Füsun's driving license -- Tarik Bey -- The İnci Patisserie -- The cinemas of Beyoğlu -- The Grand Semiramis Hotel -- Summer rain -- Journey to another world -- After the accident -- The Museum of Innocence -- Collectors -- Happiness.