Reading “My Name is Red”: Unveiling a Masterpiece

Set in the Istanbul of 1591, My Name is Red (1998, 2001) by the 2006 Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk tells a story of love and murder around a secret book of miniature paintings. Winner of the IMPAC 2003 and considered Pamuk’s masterpiece on masterpieces, the novel is a treatise on Islamic art, a histori...

The International Journal of the Humanities: Annual Review

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