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Rafael Carpintero

    The New Life
    The Museum of Innocence
    • The Museum of Innocence

      • 535 stron
      • 19 godzin czytania

      Set in Istanbul between 1975 and today, this is the story of Kemal, and of his obsessive love for a poor and distant relation, the beautiful Fusun. The novel depicts a panoramic view of life in Istanbul. Pamuk beautifully captures the identity crisis experienced by Istanbul's upper classes caught between traditional and westernised ways of being.

      The Museum of Innocence2009
      3,8
    • A novel on Turkey featuring a group of students infatuated with a book. One of them has even abandoned his studies to make copies by hand so others can share it. It is never made clear what the book contains, but while the young are enthusiastic their elders think the contents are degenerate, another example of foreign influence ruining the country

      The New Life2002
      3,6