My Name is Red
By: Orhan Pamuk ; translated from the Turkish by Erdağ M. Göknar
Contributors: Göknar, Erdağ M
Edition: printing (3)
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Published: 2001
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: tur
Translation of: Benim adım kırmızı
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 417
ISBN-13: 9780571200474
Copyright date: 2001
Subjects: Islam and art -- Fiction; Illumination of books and manuscripts  -- Fiction; Istanbul (Turkey) -- History -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction
Work titles: Benim adım kırmızı.
Description: In Istanbul, in the late 1590's, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day— in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamentalism; however, this is a dangerous proposition. Any work of representational art is an affront to Islam. So for their own safety, the illustrious circle of artists are not allowed to know for whom they are working. 

But when one of the miniaturists goes missing and is feared murdered, their Master has to seek outside help. [Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror? With the Sultan demanding an answer within three days, perhaps a clue lies somewhere in the half-finished pictures themselves .. . 

(Orhan Pamuk, Turkey's leading novelist, is a writer celebrated around the world. In Ill)' Name is Red he has fashioned a thrilling murder mystery which is also a dazzling meditation on love and artistic devotion.
--front flap