Museum of Innocence

Apparently undeterred by recent death threats, Turkish author Orhan Pamuk will open a museum based on the one in his forthcoming novel The Museum of Innocence. Reports Bloomberg News, "Pamuk was inspired by the Gustave Moreau Museum in Paris, based in the 19th-century painter's home, [the Turkish newspaper] Sabah said. Pamuk is building the museum in Cihangir, an upscale neighborhood in central Istanbul, his architect Ihsan Bilgin said, according to Sabah."

There's no word yet on when the book or the museum will be completed.--David E