The museum of innocence /
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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English Turkish |
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New York :
Alfred A. Knopf,
2009.
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| Edition: | 1st North American ed. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Includes index. |
| Physical Description: | xi, 535 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780307266767 0307266761 |