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Orhan Pamuk, Part I

The Museum of Innocence (Knopf) Infidelity and adultery are two of the great subjects of the novel tradition — think of Anna Karenina or Madam Bovary. In this conversation, Turkish Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk discusses his own stunning contribution to this tradition.

By Michael Silverblatt • Dec 17, 2009 • 28m Listen

The Museum of Innocence (Knopf)

Anna Karenina or

Madam Bovary. In this conversation, Turkish Nobel Prize winner

Orhan Pamuk discusses his own stunning contribution to this tradition. The concern about virginity at the time of marriage — a concern still vital in 1970's Istanbul, where the book is set — allows for a novel in which virtue and vice are paramount. (Listen to

Part II.)

Read an excerpt from The Museum of Innocence.

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Orhan Pamuk, Part I

The Museum of Innocence (Knopf) Infidelity and adultery are two of the great subjects of the novel tradition — think of Anna Karenina or Madam Bovary. In this conversation, Turkish Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk discusses his own stunning contribution to this tradition.

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Bookworm

Orhan Pamuk, Part I

The Museum of Innocence (Knopf) Infidelity and adultery are two of the great subjects of the novel tradition — think of Anna Karenina or Madam Bovary. In this conversation, Turkish Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk discusses his own stunning contribution to this tradition.

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