Despite concluding with a dying art, my name is red is a colorful story. Ferit orhan pamuk is a turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic and recipient of the 2006 nobel prize in literature. On the outskirts of a town thirty miles from istanbul, a master welldigger and his young apprentice are hired to find water on a barren plain. For anyone either interested in islamic art or willing to be drawn into it, however, orhan pamuk s my name is red offers immersion in a genuinely foreign world, one in which art and history are fundamental.
The sultan has commissioned a cadre of the most acclaimed artists in the. His work has been translated into over sixty languages. Apr 22, 2016 orhan pamuk started writing regularly in 1974. Thats the first pamuk book i ever read, and i thought it was rather dull and far too drawn out. The redhaired woman by orhan pamuk translated by ekin oklap 272 pp. The love of children looms particularly large in my name is red. Why did you write this story with so many narrators pamuk. The english translation won the international impac dublin literary award in 2003. Ecos novels the name of the rose and foucaults pendulum similarly weave complex historical and philosophical themes into fictional narratives. Aug 05, 2011 in 2003 he won the international impac award for my name is red, and in 2006 he was awarded the nobel prize in literature. The title refers to one of the many odd and fascinating narratorsin this case, the color red makes an appearance as a narrator for one of the chapters. The novel, concerning miniaturists in the ottoman empire of 1591, established pamuks international reputation and contributed to his nobel prize. However, while illuminators face grave danger from a man that kills without prejudice, their art suffers under an even greater peril, the threat of venetian portraiture. Pdf my name is red book by orhan pamuk free download.
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