THE MUSEUM AND THE NOVEL TOGETHER
Selections from The Museum Of Innocence, The Novel and The Museum corresponding to the same chapter
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THE MUSEUM AND THE NOVEL TOGETHER
The objects and the images described in each chapter of the novel are displayed in the museum in individual boxes, following the same order as the novel.
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15. A Few Unpalatable Anthropological Truths
This display corresponds to chapter 15 of the novel, entitled "A Few Unpalatable Anthropological Truths".
15. A Few Unpalatable Anthropological TruthsThe Museum of Innocence
"Because the press used the same device in photographs of adulteresses, rape victims, and prostitutes, there were so many photographs of women with black bands over their eyes that to read a Turkish newspaper in those days was like wandering through a masquerade."
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25. The Agony of Waiting
This display corresponds to chapter 25 of the novel, entitled "The Agony of Waiting".
25. The Agony of WaitingThe Museum of Innocence
"I have here the clock, and these matchsticks and matchbooks, because the display suggests how I spent the slow ten or fifteen minutes it took me to accept that Füsun was not coming that day."
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37. The Empty House
This display corresponds to chapter 37 of the novel, entitled "The Empty House".
37. The Empty HouseThe Museum of Innocence
"I slipped that into my pocket, along with a large mica marble and a few hairpins that I had no doubt were hers."
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40. The Consolations of Life in a Yali
This display corresponds to chapter 40 of the novel, entitled "The Consolations of Life in a Yali".
40. The Consolations of Life in a YaliThe Museum of Innocence
"...and there at the wheel we would see the mustached captain with his cap; so close that he could see the crackling mackerel at our table, and the eggplant purée and fritters, the white cheese, the melon and rakı, he would cry, “Good appetite”."
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28. The Consolation of Objects
This display corresponds to chapter 28 of the novel, entitled "The Consolation of Objects."
28. The Consolation of ObjectsThe Museum of Innocence
"For a week, I had been aware that in the ashtray now resting there was the butt of a cigarette Füsun had stubbed out. At one moment I picked it up, breathing in its scent of smoke and ash, and
placing it between my lips."
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26. An Anatomical Chart of Love Pains
This display corresponds to chapter 26 of the novel, entitled "An Anatomical Chart of Love Pains".
26. An Anatomical Chart of Love PainsThe Museum of Innocence
"It was as if first my stomach and then my entire abdomen were filling up
with acid, as if sticky, red-hot little starfish were attaching themselves to my organs."
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49. I was Going to Ask Her to Marry Me
This display corresponds to chapter 49 of the novel, entitled "I was Going to Ask Her to Marry Me".
49. I was Going to Ask Her to Marry MeThe Museum of Innocence
"On the little tray before the mirror bearing Füsun’s, Aunt Nesibe’s, and Uncle Tarık’s toothbrushes, as well as shaving soap, brush, and razor, I saw Füsun’s lipstick. I picked it up and sniffed it, then put it into my pocket."
Masumiyet Müzesi - The Museum Of Innocence
