![]() ![]() ![]() Kara, or “Black,” another miniaturist, is brought back to Istanbul to investigate the murder. As the novel begins, one of the miniaturists is murdered, a gilder of a very controversial and provocative book that is being created. The novel has elements of romance, mystery and murder, Turkish political conflict, and a close inspection of art and its influence on those who create it, as well as those who admire it. The novel revolves around miniaturists, the painters who create Turkish book arts, using elements of Chinese art, illumination, calligraphy, and forms of detailed colors and contouring. ![]() ![]() As the book is a commentary on religious oppression and cultural norms, the author chooses to use art as the medium in which these elements are narrated. The book is set in Istanbul, capital of the Ottoman Empire, in 1591, during the empire’s most powerful reign. My Name is Red has had an exponential growth of popularity since 1998, and over the years, the book has been translated into more than 60 different languages. The way the author chooses to tell the story is extraordinary-through multiple narrators, of whom many are dead, inanimate, or abstract. My Name is Red is truly a remarkable piece of literature written by Turkish writer Orhan Pamuk. ![]()
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