THE MUSEUM OF INNOCENCE by Orhan Pamuk
Book Quote: “ I would go to the Merhamet Apartments, and, reflecting upon the happy hours Fusun and I had spent there, I would lose myself in daydreams, admiring my slowly growing “collection” with ever renewed wonder. As these objects accumulated, so did the manifest intensity of my love. Sometimes I would see them not as mementos of the blissful hours but as the tangible precious debris of the storm raging in my soul. ” Book Review: Review by Poornima Apte (DEC 14, 2009) “Irresponsible, spoiled and bourgeois.” One of the characters in The Musuem of Innocence , Orhan Pamuk’s new novel, uses these labels to describe a segment of Istanbul’s young adults. These same descriptors could specifically apply to 30-year-old Kemal, the novel’s protagonist. Kemal, part of Istanbul’s upper class, spends his …
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sophbags (sophie abbott) : Thoroughly recommend this- http://www.amazon.co.uk/Nice-See-1970s-Front-Telly/dp/141652777X/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1280563162&sr=1-2.. Updated : 2010-07-31T08:00:10Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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xueshigao2 (X) : "It was around the late 1970s and early 1980s that some Chinese sci-fi writers became bold enough to embed reflections on domestic events..... Updated : 2010-07-31T07:55:02Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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liveforthesun (Julie) : He's a Monty Hall/Wink Martindale combo. RT @politicsoffear I like Bill's 1970s game show look. #RedEye.. Updated : 2010-07-31T07:08:23Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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politicsoffear (Dr. Schadenfreude) : I like Bill's 1970s game show look. #RedEye.. Updated : 2010-07-31T07:06:40Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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BernieDexter (Bernie Dexter) : GORGEOUS vintage 40s style 1970s SWING DRESS S http://item.ebay.com/290459533171.. Updated : 2010-07-31T06:24:38Z | Reply | View Tweet |
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