My Name Is Red Orhan Pamuk
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By Orhan Pamuk Istanbul, 1591. The Sultan has secretly commissioned the finest miniaturists in the empire to illuminate a book in the European manner, using perspective and individual likeness, which some in the city consider an offence aga…
| ISBN | 9780375706851 |
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| Language | English |
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By Orhan Pamuk
Istanbul, 1591. The Sultan has secretly commissioned the finest miniaturists in the empire to illuminate a book in the European manner, using perspective and individual likeness, which some in the city consider an offence against God.
One of the artists is murdered before the work is finished, and the book is narrated in turn by everyone involved: the surviving painters, the woman they are all in love with, a corpse, a dog, a gold coin, and the colour red. A murder mystery, a love story, and an argument about what art is for.
First published 1998
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