1975年，伊斯坦布尔的一个完美春天。两个显赫家族的孩子Kemal和Sibel马上就要订婚了。然而，当Kemal遇到美丽的女店员Füsun和一个远亲后，他被迷住了。一旦他们违反了童贞规范，Kemal和西化的伊斯坦布尔资产阶级之间开始出现裂痕。在之后追求Füsun的八年中，Kemal变成了一个强迫性的物品收藏者，这些物品记录了他的单相思过程——聚集成了一座既是一个社会也是他心灵的地图的博物馆。自获得诺贝尔奖以来，Orhan Pamuk的**部小说对爱情的本质进行了激动人心的探讨。

It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged. But when Kemal encounters Füsun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled. And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift begins to open between Kemal and the world of the Westernized Istanbul bourgeoisie. In his pursuit of Füsun over the next eight years, Kemal becomes a compulsive collector of objects that chronicle his lovelorn progress--amassing a museum that is both a map of a society and of his heart. Orhan Pamuk's first novel since winning the Nobel Prize is a stirring exploration of the nature of romance.