Nobel laureatue Pamuk publishes latest novel

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ISTANBUL (AFP) — Turkey's first Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk launched his latest novel this weekend in Turkey, "The Museum of Innocence", a love story between a rich man and a poor girl set in Istanbul.

The recipient of the Nobel prize for literature in 2006, whose works are translated in 40 countries, told the Sunday paper Sabah in an interview "The Museum of Innocence is my most tender novel, and the one that shows the most patience and respect for people."

It recounts the passion of a couple over 30 years from the 1970s, raising such sensitive subjects in predominantly Moslem Turkey as sexuality and virginity.

Around 100,000 copies of the book have sold in two days, according to the newspaper, citing the publishers.

Pamuk, 55, author of "Snow" and...