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[Forgotten Classics] The Museum of Innocence by Orhan Pamuk
By Mechanics' Institute
Date and time
Starts on Thursday, September 18, 2014 · 6pm PDT
Location
Mechanics' Institute - 4th Floor Board Room
57 Post St San Francisco, CA 94104Description
It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged. But when Kemal encounters Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled. And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift begins to open between Kemal and the world of the Westernized Istanbul bourgeoisie. In his pursuit of Fusun over the next eight years, Kemal becomes a compulsive collector of objects that chronicle his lovelorn progress—amassing a museum that is both a map of a society and of his heart.
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