My Name Is Red
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My Name Is Red

by Orhan Pamuk

1998•Historical•536 pages

Taste attributes: historicalmysterydramaslowfresh & originalheavyrealisticintricatelinearglossyemotive & stirringsolving the riddle/not as it seemssocial commentarytroubled leads

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Boxlist takeAn emotional, heavy historical novel: unhurried and inventive. Best if you like stories that hit hard.

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3.3 / 5

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About This Book

My Name Is Red (Turkish: Benim Adım Kırmızı) is a 1998 Turkish novel by writer Orhan Pamuk translated into English by Erdağ Göknar in 2001. The novel, concerning miniaturists in the Ottoman Empire of 1591, established Pamuk's international reputation and contributed to his Nobel Prize.

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Characteristics

Where this book sits on each taste spectrum

SlowPACEFast
FamiliarORIGINALITYOriginal
DarkTONEWholesome
LightWEIGHTINESSHeavy
FantasyREALISMRealistic
SimpleINTRICACYIntricate
Non-LinearLINEARITYLinear
UnderstatedSTYLEStylised
IntimateSCALEEpic
RestrainedEMOTIONIntense

Genres and themes

HistoricalMysteryDramaSolving the riddle/not as it seemsSocial commentaryTroubled leads

Subjects

Middle East Literature and DramaModern Comparative LiteratureIllumination of books and manuscriptsIslamismo y arteIslam and artHistory18.84 Turkish language and/or literatureHistorical fiction

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Author
Orhan Pamuk
Published
1998
Pages
536
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