“现任,就像一个人类学家那样,只有展出我收集的那些物件,锅碗瓢盆、装饰摆设、衣服、图画,我才能给自己度过的岁月赋予一种意义。”在帕慕克看来,博物馆和小说具有共通之处:它们通过语言和物件保存记忆和传统,以及抗拒遗忘,从而延展和改变时间。比起宏大的历史叙事,我们很可能会从私人生活物品的细枝末节中窥视到更多关于历史和人生的真相。 “Now, just like an anthropologist, I can only give meaning to the years I spent by displaying the objects, pots and pans, decorations, clothes and drawings I collected.” " Much seems that museums and fiction have something in common: they preserve and transform memory and tradition through language and objects, and resist forgetting to extend and change time. Compared to the grand historical narrative, we are likely to see more details about history and life from the minutiae of private life items.