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Ohran Pamuk's Museum of Innocence

The Museum of Innocence is both a novel and a museum. It will open in Istanbul this year. You can read more at the link above, but I was just wondering what you feel about this idea? And following on from the questions raised by the reviewer, what books would you 'Museumify' and how?

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Elee said…
Ooh, tricky question. Having glanced over the novels, the ones that stood out the most were Levi's 'The Periodic Table', Dante's 'Inferno', and 'Gulliver's Travels'. However, Levi is already turning a scientific chart into a novel, so to museumify it might be taking things a step too far, and I think Gulliver and the Inferno could make good exhibitions, but possibly not museums, as they describe places that aren't of this earth...
Friday, January 08, 2010 9:07:00 am
Jenny said…
Well, do museums need to be about reality? That's another dodgy question I suppose...
Friday, January 08, 2010 5:54:00 pm
The Attic said…
Can museums not be about and of the mind? Isn't that what art exhibitions are already? Fantasy and imagination are as revealing about humankind as the tangible and the 'real' aren't they?
Saturday, January 09, 2010 5:57:00 pm
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