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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 ...more
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 ...more
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 ...more
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 ...more
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