My name is red

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FICTION/LITERATURE
A XEW YORK TIMES IVDTABLE BDHK
"Astonisliing Exquisite Engrossing Chockfull of suLlimity an J sin."
—The New York Times Book Review
At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art, Mj Name Is Red is a transporting tale 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. And when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears, the only clue to the mystery lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves. Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, Mj Name Is Red is a kaleidoscopic journey into the intersection of art, religion, love, sex, and power.
"Erudite and... Tovább

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FICTION/LITERATURE
A XEW YORK TIMES IVDTABLE BDHK
"Astonisliing Exquisite Engrossing Chockfull of suLlimity an J sin."
—The New York Times Book Review
At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art, Mj Name Is Red is a transporting tale 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. And when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears, the only clue to the mystery lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves. Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, Mj Name Is Red is a kaleidoscopic journey into the intersection of art, religion, love, sex, and power.
"Erudite and magically real----Slialeespearean in its grandeur deligktful-
ly sinful. . . . Guilt tkumps tkrougkout Idee Poe's telltale keart."
—The Village Voice
"Curious, sumptuous____Altkougk Paimxk demonstrates tke patience and
constructive akikty of Proust and Mann, kis instinctive afknity lies witk Calvino and Borges, pkllosopliical artiiicers of koxes witkin koxes. PamtJ? s koxes are kigger, kut tke toylil?e feekng persists, of craitsmansliip exvJting in its powers Pamule's eminence looms singularly.
—^Jokn Updil?e, The New Yorker
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