false 2517 44 At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art, <b>My Name Is Red</b> is a transporting tale set amid the splendor and religious intrigue of sixteenth-century Istanbul, from one of the most prominent contemporary Turkish writers. <br><br>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. The ruling elite therefore mustn&#8217;t know the full scope or nature of the project, and panic erupts when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears. The only clue to the mystery&#8211;or crime? &#8211;lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves. Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, <b>My Name is Red</b> is a kaleidoscopic journey to the intersection of art, religion, love, sex and power. <br><br>Translated from the Turkish by Erda M Göknar 2150886 book 2000 My Name Is Red (Vintage International) total:3167|5:831|4:1093|3:798|2:298|1:147| 3167 11664 5330 629 3 9 false false Wed Sep 26 20:18:35 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 26 20:18:42 -0700 2007
My Name Is Red is both historical fiction and a murder mystery. It takes place in 1591 (according to the timeline at the end of the book). The over-arching motion of the plot centers aroun...more...]]> 1 4 false false Thu Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Sun Aug 12 17:26:10 -0700 2007 Sun Aug 12 17:39:41 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 9 false false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Jul 15 11:18:54 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 10 16:12:57 -0700 2009 My fickle heart longs for the West when I'm in the East and for the East when I'm in the West.
My other parts insist I be a woman when I'm a man and a man when I'm a woman.
How difficult it is being human, even worse is living a human's life.
I only want to amuse myself frontside and ...more...]]> 4 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 03:43:39 -0700 2007 Tue Nov 20 04:19:27 -0800 2007 more...]]> 5 10 false false Tue Jul 24 11:16:33 -0700 2007 Tue Dec 04 14:45:54 -0800 2007
The novel is set up so that each chapter introduces a different narrator, including (but not limited to), Black, Black's uncle, Shekure, a dog, a horse, the murdere...more...]]> 3 2 false false Fri Nov 28 03:14:39 -0800 2008 Tue Dec 02 00:45:18 -0800 2008
Sebuah novel yang disajikan dengan penuturan dari sudut pandang tiap tokohnya. Gabungan antara sejarah dengan misteri pembunuhan yang berlatar di kota Istanbul pada masa kekuasaan Sultan Murat III di Kesultanan Utsman...more...]]> 2 2 false false Sun Jan 20 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 14 09:51:38 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 08 14:52:22 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 07:11:36 -0700 2007 Thu Aug 02 07:11:36 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 2 false false Mon Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Oct 02 12:39:27 -0700 2007 Wed Oct 28 08:09:41 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 1 false false Mon May 19 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Fri Mar 28 12:29:41 -0700 2008 Mon May 19 01:45:20 -0700 2008
I liked and enjoyed the book, right until about page 350 (of 500) when I absolutely did not want to read any more about the ph...more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 06:53:22 -0700 2007 Tue Aug 28 06:57:10 -0700 2007
My Name is Red is based on a unique ...more...]]> 4 4 false false Wed Nov 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri May 25 10:56:04 -0700 2007 Fri May 25 11:32:16 -0700 2007 more...]]> 1 1 false false Wed Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Tue Jun 05 04:33:32 -0700 2007 Fri Jun 19 02:48:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 01 10:01:35 -0700 2007 Mon Aug 13 20:50:32 -0700 2007
In the Faulknerian (Faulkner-esque?) tradition, it paints a narrative in layers, with each chapter an account from the p...more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Feb 26 00:58:17 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 00:59:20 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Wed Jan 07 05:07:12 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 07 05:40:07 -0800 2009
There's a kind of writerly ski...more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sat Dec 20 03:24:30 -0800 2008 Sat Dec 20 03:25:43 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 16 08:04:54 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 16 08:08:14 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu Aug 27 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 08:14:15 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 11:44:48 -0700 2009 I liked it and I really liked it, isn't it? Please agree with me, because I can't decide between 3 and 4 stars. Not important, anyway. I did like it, despite the length, despite all those details referring to names of shahs, miniaturists and all kind of Persian and Turkis...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sat Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 14:58:23 -0700 2009 Sat Aug 22 15:38:43 -0700 2009 more...]]>