My Name Is Red

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  My Name Is Red is a novel in 20 different voices. Half are fabulous: the personified elements of the exquisite illuminations painted by several of the leading characters. These are decorative and digressive. The other voices belong to 10 characters w ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  The "impossible narrator" is not exactly an established critical term, but how else can we refer to some of the narrative voices used in Orhan Pamuk's multi-narrator novel? Each chapter of My Name Is Red, which is set in late 16th-century Istanbul, h ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

7 Reviews

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  oh well, anybody intersted in Islamic Art?

  The only book I don't like but still bother to put it here - just to warn you guys.

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  fruit said on Apr 14, 2007 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  The author's depiction of 16th century Istanbul and the lives and traditions of its artists is quite fascinating. I enjoyed the beautiful passages on the nature of art and the differences manifested in artistic techniques between East and West.
  However, Pamuk stresses the same points over and over ... (continue)

  The author's depiction of 16th century Istanbul and the lives and traditions of its artists is quite fascinating. I enjoyed the beautiful passages on the nature of art and the differences manifested in artistic techniques between East and West.
  However, Pamuk stresses the same points over and over (and over!)again and at the end of the story I felt tired and annoyed. I simply could not bring myself to care about any of the characters, with their deception and lies, or about the fact that Pamuk won a Nobel Prize.

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  momiji1020 said on Oct 1, 2011 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  It's quite a time-consuming reading for me not only because it's quite a long story, it is more than just a murder mystery, it is a novel with Turkish history, the the aesthetics of Islamic art, and eastern and western art comparison. It is intriguing, but it is also tiring.

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  S.E. said on Jan 25, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

• Tiring and Intriguing

  It reminded me of the Name of the Rose although in a Middle Estearn flavour. As Eco, Pamuk proved to be a brilliant writer and as his Italian conterpart commits the sin of showing off his immense erudition.
  Nevertheless the book is still quite engaging, even though it one of the book you really wan ... (continue)

  It reminded me of the Name of the Rose although in a Middle Estearn flavour. As Eco, Pamuk proved to be a brilliant writer and as his Italian conterpart commits the sin of showing off his immense erudition.
  Nevertheless the book is still quite engaging, even though it one of the book you really wanna get to finish and move on.

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  Luciano Martorana said on Mar 14, 2012 | Add your feedback

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  A multi-faceted detective story with the point-of-view switching between characters as the story winds to a resolution.

  I enjoyed this almost as much as The Black Book. Pamuk's love for the city of Istanbul is all over both novels - this one set at a time when European influences were starting ... (continue)

  A multi-faceted detective story with the point-of-view switching between characters as the story winds to a resolution.

  I enjoyed this almost as much as The Black Book. Pamuk's love for the city of Istanbul is all over both novels - this one set at a time when European influences were starting to wash over the ottoman culture.

  Highly recommended.

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  huntch said on Aug 26, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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  I enjoyed the rich setting of this book. The format was a little confusing at first but it didn't take too long to get the hang of it. The murder mystery was perhaps the least interesting part, the suspects being the least defined characters in the book. I enjoyed the discussions about art and cultu ... (continue)

  I enjoyed the rich setting of this book. The format was a little confusing at first but it didn't take too long to get the hang of it. The murder mystery was perhaps the least interesting part, the suspects being the least defined characters in the book. I enjoyed the discussions about art and culture. I'm not going to rush out and read anything else by him, but it was still enjoyable.

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  Robot-mel said on Jun 15, 2008 about the Hardcover edition | Add your feedback

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• ISBN-10: 0739369245
• ISBN-13: 9780739369241
• Publisher: Random House Audio
• Pub date: Sep 02, 2008
• Dimensions: 968 mm x 839 mm x 277 mm Just how big is that?
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