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My Name Is Red

Orhan Pamuk

Start date: June 15, 2009

Finish date: June 15, 2009

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Jun 04, 2008 Ruth rated it it was ok

I'm not sure how to rate this book. On the one hand, Pamuk is an important writer and I should take advantage of what I can enjoy/learn from him. On the other hand, all the time I was reading I had to convince myself of this in order to keep marching on.

On the one hand, as an artist, I found the bits of information about the miniature arts and artists fascinating. On the other, would that they remained bits, instead of veering off toward treatises that interrupted the flow of the story.

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Apr 09, 2012 Kecia rated it really liked it

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Dense and lush. It's a murdery mystery. It's a love story. All set against a backdrop of a changing world.

While Europe was in the dark ages the Islamic world flourished. Then came the Italian renaissance. This story is set against the tension of this changing world. The conservative Turks holding desparately to their art tradition. Looking to their relegion to justify their position. All the while they are seduced by what the more progressive West had to offer. They fully understand that the ar ...more

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