Orhan Pamuk’s new novel ‘Masumiyet Müzesi’ debuts

The latest novel from Nobel Prize winner and Turkish author Orhan Pamuk, "Masumiyet Müzesi" (The Museum of Innocence), was released yesterday by İletişim Publications. The novel, described by the author as "a mighty novel I was thinking about for nearly 10 years," is a love story.

Pamuk began writing the novel in 2001 soon after he completed "Kar" ("Snow"). He took a break after a year to write his memoir, "İstanbul." After publishing "İstanbul" in 2003, the author continued work on "Museum of Innocence" for the following five years.

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"Masumiyet Müzesi" is the name of a museum-house in which several scenes in the novel take place, and which Pamuk actually plans to open in Çukurcuma, İstanbul´s funky antiques district. Pamuk started to collect the objects to be exhibited in the museum when he purchased the museum-house 10 years ago, and in preparation for the museum´s opening he has researched how the furniture and objects of everyday life are exhibited all around the world.  

I have bought this new novel.I will read it soon...

Not All Turks Admire New Nobel Literature Winner

by Ivan Watson

Morning Edition, October 13, 2006 · Turkish novelist Orhan Pamuk´s Nobel win is viewed with ambivalence in his native country. While he has his supporters, Pamuk is viewed by many Turks as a sell-out to the West. Pamuk´s controversial public profile is rooted in his comments on the disputed Armenian genocide of 1915.

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• Nicholas Birch
• guardian.co.uk,
• Friday October 13 2006 16:26 BST
• Article history

Twenty-four hours after Orhan Pamuk became the first ever Turkish writer to win the Nobel prize, reactions in Turkey are strangely mixed.

His fellow artists have been overwhelmingly positive. Yasar Kemal, doyen of Turkish novelists and often tipped for the Nobel himself, emailed Pamuk to congratulate him for an award that he "thoroughly deserved", while the winner of the 2003 Grand Jury prize at Cannes, Nuri Bilge Ceylan declared he was as happy as if he´d won it himself.

Others picked up on Pamuk´s suggestion that his award was above all a victory for all Turkish writers. "It´s a great opportunity for Turkey and Turkish literature to be better known by the world," said the bestselling crime writer Ahmet Umit.