Author: Orhan Pamuk
Translator(s)/ Edito: Erdag M Goknar
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Year: 2006
Language: English
Pages: 503
ISBN/UPC (if available): 0571222307
Description
In Istanbul, in the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day-in the European manner. But when one of the miniaturists in murdered, their master has to seek outside help. Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror?
A thrilling murder mystery, My Name is Red is also a stunning meditation on love, artistic devotion and the tensions between East and West.
Magnificent, In this world of forgeries, where some might be in danger of losing their faith in literature, Pamuk is the real thing, and this book might well be one of the few recent works of fiction that will be remembered at the end of this century. Avkat Altinel, Observer
More than any other book I can think of, it captures not just Istanbul’s past and present contradictions, but also its terrible, timeless beauty. It’s almost perfect, in other words. All it needs is the Nobel Prize. –Maureen Freely, New Statesman
Fabulous, baffling, exciting, Utterly unlike the Western traditional historical thriller, It is a wonderful novel, dreamy, passionate and august, exotic in the most original and exciting way.
-Philip Hensher, Spectator
We in the West can only feel gratitude that such a novelist as Pamuk exists, to act as a bridge between our culture and that of a heritage quite as rich as our own.
-Tom Holland, Daily Telegraph
Contents
MAP
CHAPTER 1
I Am A Corpse
CHAPTER 2
I am Called Black
CHAPTER 3
I Am A Dog
CHAPTER 4
I will be Called A Murderer
CHAPTER 5
I Am Your Beloved Uncle
CHAPTER 6
I am Orhan
CHAPTER 7
I Am Called Black
CHAPTER 8
I am Esther
CHAPTER 9
I, Shekure
CHAPTER 10
I am a Tree
CHAPTER 11
I am Called Black
CHAPTER 12
I am Called Butterfly
CHAPTER 13
I am Called Stork
CHAPTER 14
I am Called Olive
CHAPTER 15
I am Esther
CHAPTER 16
I, Shekure
CHAPTER 17
I am Your Beloved Uncle
CHAPTER 18
I Will be Called A Murderer
CHAPTER 19
I am A gold Coin
CHAPTER 20
I am called black
CHAPTER 21
I am your beloved uncle
CHAPTER 22
I am called black
CHAPTER 23
I will be called a murderer
CHAPTER 24
I am Death
CHAPTER 25
I am Esther
CHAPTER 26
I, Shekure
CHAPTER 27
I am Called Black
CHAPTER 28
I will be Called a murderer
CHAPTER 29
I am your beloved uncle
CHAPTER 30
I, Shekure
CHAPTER 31
I Am Red
CHAPTER 32
I, Shekure
CHAPTER 33
I am called black
CHAPTER 34
I, Shekure
CHAPTER 35
I am a Horse
CHAPTER 36
I am called Black
CHAPTER 37
Am your Beloved Uncle
CHAPTER 38
It is I, Master Osman
CHAPTER 39
I am Esther
CHAPTER 40
I am Called Black
CHAPTER 41
It is I, Master Osman
CHAPTER 42
I am called black
CHAPTER 43
I am called Olive
CHAPTER 44
I am called Butterfly
CHAPTER 45
I am Called Stork
CHAPTER 46
I will be called A Murderer
CHAPTER 47
I, Satan
CHAPTER 48
I, Shekure
CHAPTER 49
I am called black
CHAPTER 50
We Two Dervishes
CHAPTER 51
It is I, Master Osman
CHAPTER 52
I am called black
CHAPTER 53
I am Esther
CHAPTER 54
I am a woman
CHAPTER 55
I am called Butterfly
CHAPTER 56
I am called Stork
CHAPTER 57
I am called Olive
CHAPTER 58
I will be called A murderer
CHAPTER 59
I, Shekure
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