My Name Is Red - Paperback
by Orhan Pamuk
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Availability:In StockContributor:Orhan Pamuk, Erdag GoknarSeries:Vintage InternationalPublish date:2002-08-27Pages:432
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780375706851ISBN-10:375706852UPC:9780375706851Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Mystery & Detective, HistoricalBook Topic:HistoricalSize:8.04 x 5.20 x 0.97 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SCDZNCSWWZ
The Nobel Prize winner and one of today's most prominent contemporary Turkish writers delivers a novel that is a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, a brilliant symposium on the power of art, and a "modern classic ... rich and essential" (Los Angeles Times Book Review)--set amid the splendor and religious intrigue of sixteenth-century Istanbul.
The Sultan has commissioned a cadre of the most acclaimed artists in the land to create a great book celebrating the glories of his realm. Their task: to illuminate the work in the European style. But because figurative art can be deemed an affront to Islam, this commission is a dangerous proposition indeed. The ruling elite therefore mustn't know the full scope or nature of the project, and panic erupts when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears. The only clue to the mystery--or crime?--lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves. Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, My Name is Red is a kaleidoscopic journey to the intersection of art, religion, love, sex and power. Translated from the Turkish by Erda M Göknar
The Sultan has commissioned a cadre of the most acclaimed artists in the land to create a great book celebrating the glories of his realm. Their task: to illuminate the work in the European style. But because figurative art can be deemed an affront to Islam, this commission is a dangerous proposition indeed. The ruling elite therefore mustn't know the full scope or nature of the project, and panic erupts when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears. The only clue to the mystery--or crime?--lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves. Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, My Name is Red is a kaleidoscopic journey to the intersection of art, religion, love, sex and power. Translated from the Turkish by Erda M Göknar
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780375706851ISBN-10:375706852UPC:9780375706851Book Category:FictionBook Subcategory:Literary, Mystery & Detective, HistoricalBook Topic:HistoricalSize:8.04 x 5.20 x 0.97 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SCDZNCSWWZ
ORHAN PAMUK is the author of seven novels and the recipient of major Turkish and international literary awards. He is one of Europe's most prominent novelists, and his work has been translated into twenty-six languages. He lives in Istanbul.
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