"These objects which accumulated continually gradually became emblematic signs of the intensity of my love." P566

a novel about the compulsive and unreasonable passion in a mythical Istanbul; all starts in 1975 when Kemal and Sibel must marry -all belonging to the two large business class, they are rich and préservés- Kemal has a crush on a poor relation -Füsun- then saleswoman in a chic boutique where it comes to buy a bag to his fiancee ... a little less than two months of carnal exchanges and promises and lies-especially from the great Kemal -... engagement party between Kemal and Sibel place the Hilton and on the day after Füsun disappears ... And do the wedding take place? Füsun find is that? and so on, I leave you the pleasure of discovering it and also it will be the Museum of Innocence that it will be until his death. It is a novel of 800 pages extremely delicate and touching that describes perfectly the throes of a total passion, that when one is struck by the passion, nothing can exist outside finally yes the daily continues but put in the background, sometimes it can really look like Exterior to a shameful disease but from the inside it's just happiness; it is also the novel of Istanbul 80s "Their case love," the film world and the rich bourgeoisie that takes full advantage of his money, not to mention in the background different political crisis. A pleasure, there is a little Proust in this novel, finally passion for Albertine Marcel ...

"Apart from child jubilation and unlimited fun we had to sleep together, what bound me to her? Why could I do love so sincere with it? What gave rise love? Was it that pleasure and constantly renewed desire or something else, which generated and fed this mutual desire? During the happy time when Füsun and I found ourselves in secret every day to make love, I not asking these questions and I never, like a child let loose in a candy store, I was just revel me sweets and candy gorging myself. " p93