The Museum of Innocence

A deeply moving portrait of a torturous love affair that shows Istanbul in all its complex beauty.

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Winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature

¿An enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling. . . a very tender evocation of Istanbul¿s moment of dolce vita.¿ ¿ The Guardian
¿Intimate and nuanced¿. A classic, spacious love story.'' ¿ Pico Iyer, The New York Review of Books

Kamal lives a life of cosmopolitan glamour, exploring the restaurants and boutiques of Istanbul with his friends and fianc¿In the newly modern city, they pride themselves on their liberal attitudes and Western style.

A chance encounter with Fusun, a working-class shop-girl, begins a long, obsessive love affair, one that draws him deep into Istanbul¿s complex history, and uncovers the forces of class and gender that still control its inhabitants¿ lives.