Paperback. Pub Date :2013-03-05 Pages: 264 Language: English Publisher: Harry N. Abrams Orhan Pamuks Museum of Innocence in Istanbul is the culmination of decades of omnivorous collecting that seeks to capture the city of Pamuks youth through everyday objects: The ephemera. bric-a-brac. and clutter that adheres to every life. These particular objects are intimately tied to The Museum of Innocence. Pamuks novel of lost love. which lends its narrative structure to their arrangement in the museum. Eighty beautifully designed vitrines. or boxes. carry the visitor along the arc of the story. on a journey through time and space as well as into the mind of the collector himself. ambiguously identified with both Pamuk and his novels lovelorn narrator. The Innocence of Objects. Pamuks catalogue of his museum. explores the many meanings of this remarkable project. While it offers a ri...