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The Museum of Innocence
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GONZA
May 23, 2017 rated it liked it  ·  review of another edition
Se fosse stato piú breve, facciamo tipo di 200 pagine, sarebbe stato un libro perfetto perché scritto benissimo, invece, per rendere l'idea di questa ossessione tra Fusuum e Kamal, l'autore esagera un pochino indulgendo nella sua di ossessione, sfociata poi nel vero museo dell'innocenza.
La parte che piú mi é piaciuta comunque, é la vita nella Turchia a cavallo tra gli anni '70 ed '80, che sembra abbastanza simile all'Italia di quegli anni, tranne i colpi di stato militari. Quindi un libro consig
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Bucket
I'm torn on this one, so rating it a 3.

I found most of the story a little insufferable. I felt deeply trapped in the head of this man who spends more than a decade trying to figure out that the woman he loves is a human being and not a trophy to be won. It didn't help that time moves slowly in the book, with every detail registering Kemal's pain and torturous waiting. He was tortured by lost love, and I was tortured by him.

But, the bits about the museum slowly start to have definition and purpo
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GONZA
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May 10, 2014 rated it it was amazing
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Nov 21, 2022 rated it really liked it
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