The museum of innocence

Orhan Pamuk's novel, The Museum of Innocence, revolves around a sad and angry girl, and a lost earring. Here they are, brought back to life by the author, in his personal museum. Write Your Catalog as a Memoir | MuseumZero

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Orhan Pamuk, recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Literature, is easily Turkey's most famous contemporary author. And one of his books, The Museum of Innocence, is more than just a novel. It's a real museum, designed to exactly replicate the imaginary museum described in his story. A fascinating project which begs the question: does a thing cease to be fictional when it actually exists?

Donna Watson Assemblage: Antique Shinto Box, bird nest, bird eggs, sumi brush, Asian coin, Asian game pieces, joss sticks, reproduction of a crow skull Orhan Pamuk, Turkish writer and winner of the Nobel prize for literature published his novel titled MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE in 2008. He also spent years, and all his Nobel prize money roving and searching Istanbul's junk shops and market stalls looking for bits and pieces with which to furnish the novel he was writing. In the novel, Kemal, a…

The Turkish laureate Orhan Pamuk tells Sameer Rahim why he has made his fictional museum a reality.

the museum of innocence

A teacup. An old photograph. A clock, its workings exposed to create the feeling of time furiously ticking by, and a series of matchsticks used to tediously measure the minutes. Each of these objects was carefully collected by the Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, who spent decades scouring Istanbul junk dealers and antique shops for the […]

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Interesting read! The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk.

This museum mirrors a great novel about Istanbul.