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Orhan Pamuk:
I’m still unsatisfied with this box, so I’ve left only a small gap in the curtain.

We have now come to the confession scene. It was my expressed desire that all the frames, backgrounds, everything in this part of my museum be painted a cold yellow.
My darling fiancée knew at once that this was about more than a handbag—that I was about to speak of something real and serious; as her eyes widened, I told her the story that readers will recall and visitors to the museum have known since viewing the very first object on exhibit. Nevertheless, displayed here is a series of small pictures of the most important objects; it will, I hope, serve as an aidemémoire for visitors making their way through the extensive collection, or for those who are so impetuous as not to start at the beginning.