FictionThe Museum of InnocenceTHE GLOBE AND MAIL Orhan Pamuk, born in 1952 to a wealthy but waning Istanbul family, is Turkey's best-known, best-selling, and most controversial novelist. Cevdet Bey and His Sons, published 1982, was awarded the Orhan Kemal and Milliyet literary prizes; The Silent House, received the Prix de la découverte européene in 1991. With The White Castle and The Black Book he achieved international renown, particularly for his evocative and experimental exploration of Istanbul, past and present. Snow, which he describes as “my first and last political novel” was published in 2002. In 2003 he received the International IMPAC award for My Name is Red. His books have been translated into 46 languages. Not all of them are great, but some of them are. The Museum of Innocence is one of the great ones. Anton Chekhov: The story master50 GREATEST BOOKS “What does Grandma have to say about Chekhov?” Claire asked her brother, with whom she was instant-messaging. 
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