Orhan Pamuk
The culmination of decades of omnivorous collecting, Orhan Pamukâ€™s Museum of Innocence in Istanbul uses his novel of lost love, ,The Museum of Innocence,, as a departure point to explore the city of his youth. In ,The Innocence of Objects,, Pamukâ€™s catalog of this remarkable museum, he writes about things that matter deeply to him: the psychology of the collector, the proper role of the museum, the photography of old Istanbul (illustrated with Pamukâ€™s superb collection of haunting photographs and movie stills), and of course the customs and traditions of his beloved city. The bookâ€™s imagery is equally evocative, ranging from the ephemera of everyday life to the superb photographs of Turkish photographer Ara GÃ¼ler. Combining compelling art and writing, ,The Innocence of Objects ,is an original work of art and literature.,Praise for ,The Innocence of Objects:, ,"[A] most audacious and provocative take on the history of Turkish culture and politics by Turkey's best-known dissenter." â€”,Publishers Weekly,â€œOrhan Pamukâ€™s ,The Innocence of Objects, makes me want to stand up and shout! It is a triumph of intimacy over sterility, depth over superficiality, and humanity over inhumanity. It is also the most perfect intersection of art and literature that I have ever encountered.â€ â€”,The, ,Huffington Post,â€œI bought the Turkish edition of ,The Innocence of Objects,, a richly illustrated book about the museum, and have been waiting for Abramsâ€™ English translation. Itâ€™s just come out, and Pamukâ€™s text about the project is as illuminating as it promised to be.â€ â€“ ,The Design Observer,â€œâ€”Pamukâ€™s tour de force and mind-benderabout museums, art, artifice, and the place of fiction and the writer in theworldâ€”is a nonfiction narrative unlike most you will encounter.â€ â€”, â€œ[A] squarish volume, filled with gorgeous photographs of the museumâ€™s interior. . . . The exhibition photos are accompanied by Pamukâ€™s lively, sometimes dazzling commentary, which ranges freely from personal anecdotes to meditations on aesthetics to whimsical â€˜memoriesâ€™ of his fictional protagonist. . . .â€ â€”,The American Reader, ,â€œ,The Innocence of Objects,â€”Pamukâ€™s tour de force and mind-bender about museums, art, artifice, and the place of fiction and the writer in the worldâ€”is a nonfiction narrative unlike most you will encounter.â€ â€”,Virginian Pilot,
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The Innocence of Objects