The Museum of Innocence

It is a perfect spring day in Istanbul. Kemal, a wealthy heir, is about to become engaged to the aristocratic Sibel, when he encounters Füsun, a beautiful shopgirl. He falls in love and finds his established world of westernized families, opulent parties, society gossip and dining-room rituals is shattered. "Every turn in the story seems fresh, disquieting, utterly unexpected ... spellbindingly told."- Washington Post. "In his patient observation of Kemal's sublime and tragic obsession Pamuk has created a work concerning romantic love worthy to stand in the company of Lolita, Madame Bovary and Anna Karenina."- Financial Times. "[This] haunting novel of memory desire and loss sets a ferociously high standard for the literary fiction of the new decade."- Jane Shilling, Sunday Telegraph. "Sharply observant... with fascinating insights into a society tugged between East and West."- Peter Kemp, Sunday Times.