My Name Is Red

Brand: Knopf | Status: Hết hàng

350.000₫

There is a good amount of religious explanation in the book, and since I believe that all religions run contrary to the actual real needs of humanity and hamper any substantive progress toward the well being of humanity, it was not palatable to me. However, the historical explanations about the differences that distinguished the Frankish or Venetian style of painting with the Ottoman style and the explanation for the internal dynamics and workings of people's individual lifestyles within the Ottoman empire at this point in time were mesmerizing, vivid, and magnificent! - Amazon Reviewer

At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art, My Name Is Red is a transporting tale set amid the splendor and religious intrigue of sixteenth-century Istanbul, from one of the most prominent contemporary Turkish writers.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 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’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–or crime? –lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves.

Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, My Name is Red is a kaleidoscopic journey to the intersection of art, religion, love, sex and power.Translated from the Turkish by Erda M Göknar