Das Museum der Unschuld
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Orhan Pamuk, 1952 in Istanbul geboren, studierte Architektur und Journalismus. Für seine Werke erhielt er u.a. 2003 den Impac-Preis, 2005 den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels und 2006 den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Bei Hanser erschienen zuletzt Der Koffer meines Vaters (2010), Cevdet und seine Söhne (Roman, 2011), Der naive und der sentimentalische Romancier (2012), der Katalog Die Unschuld der Dinge. Das Museum der Unschuld in Istanbul (2012), Diese Fremdheit in mir (Roman, 2016), Die rothaarige Frau (Roman, 2017), Istanbul (Erinnerungen und Bilder aus einer Stadt, 2018) und Die Nächte der Pest (Roman, 2022).
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This book was on my reading list for quite some time... Till I finally bought it and read it. Did I like Kemal? No. Did I get annoyed by his obsession? Yes. He experienced this obsessive love that is hard to control, and Orhan Pamuk describes it so well. In all of his book (that I have read), he has managed to create complex characters, that have lots of faults and often annoyed them beyond belief. In short, they felt like real people. One other thing that I enjoyed so much was getting the glimpses of Istabul, life there, its people. It was tantalizing and magical... And some parts of what was there resonated with me, reminding me the milder version of those tidbits that experienced in my childhood in a country close by (and that only because I was born way later than when the novel is set). Still, a lot of parts of this book felt closer to home than novels from the US, UK or Europe.
An oriental melancholy at its best when we look at Kemal & Füsun´s love story in a society in transition in the magical city Istanbul. As much as I loved the evocative and flawless writing style and wonderfully developed characters, I would not get myself to re-read this book...the melancholy would outweigh the rest of my reading experience and wear me out ;) By any means, I still want to visit the museum though - some day... :) #arabesque
📚📖 Kitap / Book: Masumiyet Müzesi / The Museum of Innocence / Das Museum der Unschuld — Orhan Pamuk, 2008 🔮 Tür / Genre: Roman, aşk, psikolojik kurgu Novel, romance, psychological fiction 📅 Dönem / Period: Çağdaş Türk edebiyatı – Türkiye Contemporary Turkish Literature – Türkiye 📝 Kısa Özet / Short Summary: 🇹🇷 Masumiyet Müzesi, varlıklı bir adam olan Kemal’in, genç bir kadın olan Füsun’a duyduğu saplantılı aşkı anlatır. Bu aşk zamanla takıntıya dönüşür ve Kemal, Füsun’la ilgili her detayı biriktirerek kendi “masumiyet müzesini” kurar. 🇬🇧 The Museum of Innocence tells the story of Kemal, a wealthy man whose obsessive love for a young woman named Füsun turns into an all-consuming fixation. He begins collecting objects connected to her, creating his own “museum of innocence.” 💬 Yorum / Review: 🇹🇷 Okuduğuma pişman olduğum ender kitaplardan biri. Belki hikâye düzelir diye kendimi bitirmeye zorladım ama nafile. İçerik o kadar fazla negatif unsur barındırıyor ki insanı yoruyor. Ne anlamlı bir çıkarım ne de sağlam bir mantık örgüsü var. Karakterler öyle rahatsız edici ki insan birini alıp ötekine vurmak istiyor. Tüm hikâye, insanın kendi hayatını zehir etmesi üzerine kısır bir döngüden ibaret. Okunmaması gereken bir eser, hatta okuduğum en kötü kitaplardan biri diyebilirim. 🇬🇧 One of the rare books I truly regret reading. I forced myself to finish it, hoping it would improve, but it never did. The story is filled with so many negative elements that it becomes exhausting. There’s neither a meaningful takeaway nor a solid sense of logic. The characters are so frustrating that you almost want to throw them at each other. The whole narrative feels like a vicious cycle of self-inflicted misery. I wouldn’t recommend it—in fact, it might be one of the worst books I’ve read. #MasumiyetMüzesi #OrhanPamuk #MuseumOfInnocence
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Author Description
Orhan Pamuk, 1952 in Istanbul geboren, studierte Architektur und Journalismus. Für seine Werke erhielt er u.a. 2003 den Impac-Preis, 2005 den Friedenspreis des Deutschen Buchhandels und 2006 den Nobelpreis für Literatur. Bei Hanser erschienen zuletzt Der Koffer meines Vaters (2010), Cevdet und seine Söhne (Roman, 2011), Der naive und der sentimentalische Romancier (2012), der Katalog Die Unschuld der Dinge. Das Museum der Unschuld in Istanbul (2012), Diese Fremdheit in mir (Roman, 2016), Die rothaarige Frau (Roman, 2017), Istanbul (Erinnerungen und Bilder aus einer Stadt, 2018) und Die Nächte der Pest (Roman, 2022).
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This book was on my reading list for quite some time... Till I finally bought it and read it. Did I like Kemal? No. Did I get annoyed by his obsession? Yes. He experienced this obsessive love that is hard to control, and Orhan Pamuk describes it so well. In all of his book (that I have read), he has managed to create complex characters, that have lots of faults and often annoyed them beyond belief. In short, they felt like real people. One other thing that I enjoyed so much was getting the glimpses of Istabul, life there, its people. It was tantalizing and magical... And some parts of what was there resonated with me, reminding me the milder version of those tidbits that experienced in my childhood in a country close by (and that only because I was born way later than when the novel is set). Still, a lot of parts of this book felt closer to home than novels from the US, UK or Europe.
An oriental melancholy at its best when we look at Kemal & Füsun´s love story in a society in transition in the magical city Istanbul. As much as I loved the evocative and flawless writing style and wonderfully developed characters, I would not get myself to re-read this book...the melancholy would outweigh the rest of my reading experience and wear me out ;) By any means, I still want to visit the museum though - some day... :) #arabesque
📚📖 Kitap / Book: Masumiyet Müzesi / The Museum of Innocence / Das Museum der Unschuld — Orhan Pamuk, 2008 🔮 Tür / Genre: Roman, aşk, psikolojik kurgu Novel, romance, psychological fiction 📅 Dönem / Period: Çağdaş Türk edebiyatı – Türkiye Contemporary Turkish Literature – Türkiye 📝 Kısa Özet / Short Summary: 🇹🇷 Masumiyet Müzesi, varlıklı bir adam olan Kemal’in, genç bir kadın olan Füsun’a duyduğu saplantılı aşkı anlatır. Bu aşk zamanla takıntıya dönüşür ve Kemal, Füsun’la ilgili her detayı biriktirerek kendi “masumiyet müzesini” kurar. 🇬🇧 The Museum of Innocence tells the story of Kemal, a wealthy man whose obsessive love for a young woman named Füsun turns into an all-consuming fixation. He begins collecting objects connected to her, creating his own “museum of innocence.” 💬 Yorum / Review: 🇹🇷 Okuduğuma pişman olduğum ender kitaplardan biri. Belki hikâye düzelir diye kendimi bitirmeye zorladım ama nafile. İçerik o kadar fazla negatif unsur barındırıyor ki insanı yoruyor. Ne anlamlı bir çıkarım ne de sağlam bir mantık örgüsü var. Karakterler öyle rahatsız edici ki insan birini alıp ötekine vurmak istiyor. Tüm hikâye, insanın kendi hayatını zehir etmesi üzerine kısır bir döngüden ibaret. Okunmaması gereken bir eser, hatta okuduğum en kötü kitaplardan biri diyebilirim. 🇬🇧 One of the rare books I truly regret reading. I forced myself to finish it, hoping it would improve, but it never did. The story is filled with so many negative elements that it becomes exhausting. There’s neither a meaningful takeaway nor a solid sense of logic. The characters are so frustrating that you almost want to throw them at each other. The whole narrative feels like a vicious cycle of self-inflicted misery. I wouldn’t recommend it—in fact, it might be one of the worst books I’ve read. #MasumiyetMüzesi #OrhanPamuk #MuseumOfInnocence