--- product_id: 47544423 title: "The Museum of Innocence 1st Edition" brand: "orhan pamuk" price: "€ 66.23" currency: EUR in_stock: true reviews_count: 9 url: https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/47544423-the-museum-of-innocence-1st-edition store_origin: CY region: Cyprus --- # The Museum of Innocence 1st Edition **Brand:** orhan pamuk **Price:** € 66.23 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** The Museum of Innocence 1st Edition by orhan pamuk - **How much does it cost?** € 66.23 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.com.cy](https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/47544423-the-museum-of-innocence-1st-edition) ## Best For - orhan pamuk enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted orhan pamuk brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description Full description not available ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Tragic love story in an Istabul between tradition and modernity *by T***N on Reviewed in the United States on October 12, 2020* I am not sure I can be objective about this novel. I was absorbed and involved from the beginning in the love story and I loved the easy accessible style of writing. All in all I found it the most affecting story since reading Mishima's Spring Snow as a teenager over forty years ago.This was my very first Turkish novel and is certainly an eye-opener: all that sex and alcohol, the wealth, the envy and imitation of Europe, the traditions and mores of 1970's Istanbul, as well as the social and political unrest besetting a country torn between tradition and modernity. There is so much to it but at its heart is the restless and undying love of Kemal for the ineffable beauty of Füsan which provides many lambent poignant passages.I felt Pamuk was somewhere constructing a parable about modern Turkey and about the place of the female within that new becoming world. In the west Füsan would have been another Grace Kelly, perhaps equally as tragic, but free to be successful, charismatic, beautiful and loved. I think there may be a hymn or paean to abused Turkish womanhood in Pamuk's novel, radiant and pure in its sung idealised sweetness. I need more time however to see this more clearly.I first heard of Pamuk when I was taken with a group of friends to visit the Museum of Innocence in Istanbul some years ago. I loved the museum but regretted not having read the novel. Finally reading the novel I wished I could visit the Museum again as I read.It is a long book and despite my enthusiasm I ran out of steam about half way. For this reason perhaps I did not enjoy the second half or concluding chapters of the novel as much as early ones. I will nonetheless look forward to my next encounter with Pamuk and his world. I am not sure anything however will live up to the love of Kemal and Füsan. But that perhaps is me not being objective... ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Brilliant, complicated, serious work *by J***E on Reviewed in the United States on December 27, 2020* Orhan Pamuk is a brilliant author and storyteller. I miss that I cannot read him in the original Turkish, because I have to rely on translators to capture the beauty of his language - and I feel that is not done in this translation. BUT the quality of the story structure, the sophistication of the character development, and the way the Pamuk plays here, again, with our ability to trust the narrator: these factors more than makeup for what the translation lacks, in communicating Pamuk’s skill with language. This novel has an extra level of playfulness, in the way that the narrator - a grossly narcissistic fop - dismissively encounters the author as a character woven through the novel. This play allows the author’s views of the narrator to enter in through the cracks, albeit filtered by the narrator (who is filtered again by the author in a critical Hall of Mirrors); and begins to balance the grotesqueness of the central storyline with a bit of berserk sanity. The novel is strange, and obsessive, and brilliant. Nearly a year after finishing it, I continue to mull over its subtlety, complexity, and many nuances. As with Pamuk’s other works: this is not for the faint of heart. But those who read this book and consider it seriously will find complicated, meaty truths wrapped around modern foibles... much to love, hate, ponder, all planted carefully by the author. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ This book has moved me profoundly *by B***S on Reviewed in the United States on December 18, 2020* FIRST LINE REVIEW: "It was the happiest moment of my life, though I didn't know it." And because he didn't recognize it for what it was, Kemel spends the next 9 years trying to recapture the happiness that he lost because he was blind to the gift he had been given. This book has moved me profoundly, not only because I read it while in Istanbul where the novel is set, but because it spoke so heartbreakingly of the little moments that we too often ignore, innocent of the gifts that those moments can be. And in two days I will visit the actual Museum of Innocence and I already know that it will wreck me! --- ## Why Shop on Desertcart? - 🛒 **Trusted by 1.3+ Million Shoppers** — Serving international shoppers since 2016 - 🌍 **Shop Globally** — Access 737+ million products across 21 categories - 💰 **No Hidden Fees** — All customs, duties, and taxes included in the price - 🔄 **15-Day Free Returns** — Hassle-free returns (30 days for PRO members) - 🔒 **Secure Payments** — Trusted payment options with buyer protection - ⭐ **TrustPilot Rated 4.5/5** — Based on 8,000+ happy customer reviews **Shop now:** [https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/47544423-the-museum-of-innocence-1st-edition](https://www.desertcart.com.cy/products/47544423-the-museum-of-innocence-1st-edition) --- *Product available on Desertcart Cyprus* *Store origin: CY* *Last updated: 2026-04-23*