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Orhan Pamuk:
Füsun leaves Kemal when she sees that, as if re-enacting the plot of a melodramatic Turkish film, he will not marry her, but will choose a rich girl instead. From this point on, the novel focuses on Kemal’s heartbreak and hopelessness.

Every day I went to the Merhamet Apartments at the customary hour, to begin my wait. Having realized that getting there early only aggravated my pain, I resolved not to arrive before five minutes to two. I would go into the apartment trembling with impatience, and during the first ten or fifteen minutes hopeful anticipation would ease the pain, an excitement wreathing my head down to the tip of my nose even as my heart ached and my stomach cramped.