Uploaded March 2025 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Orhan Pamuk on his novel 'The Museum of Innocence' and the universal human instinct of getting attached to, preserving and using physical objects as a means of alleviating pain.

Excerpt from the Nexus Lecture 2024, ‘Novels, Museums and the Idea of Europe’ by Orhan Pamuk. Watch the full lecture on our site: https://nexus-instituut.nl/en/activity/nexus-lecture-orhan-pamuk

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