My Name Is Red (Vintage International) (edit title)

• Rated 4 stars

“thought provoking!”

• Rated 5 stars

“amazing work.a portal to another world,past n history”

• Rated 4 stars

“Though it took me ages to finish this book, I absolutely loved the literary style in which this book is crafted. It is so original. Simply brilliant. It totally justifies Orhan's Nobel prize.”

• Rated 5 stars

“Orhan Pamuk really understands about turkish culture , arts , feelings .... AND MUCH MORE!”

• Rated 4 stars

“It was a difficult read as meant a lot of concentration into the numerous stories within almost each chapter. I was angry at the end because the mystery which was maintained until the penultimate chapter was revealed unlike most mysteries and I felt I was tricked into trying to remember all the lengthy stories about different characters.
But it was however very very rich with details particularly about taboo issues in the 16th century muslim world. It indirectly highlighted how social contructs change and that certain concepts can have different interpretations.
The author's style was unique, almost as if each character is vying to get the reader's attention separately as if in a play where actors are trying to prove themselves with histrionics apart from whats in the text of the play. ”

• Rated 5 stars

“Greatest murder mystery ever (Turkish minaturist style)”

• Rated 4 stars

“read it in Arabic! what a lovely book!”

• Rated 5 stars

“Really an amazing book, the writing is so superb. ”

• Rated 3 stars

“'My name is Red' is innovative in many ways; not only because it has many subjects - both animate and inanimate - conversing with reader in first person in seemingly effortless change of tones and perspectives but also because of the finesse with which Orhan Pamuk handles the oft-repeated theme of clash of civilizations on an eternal battleground of Turkey where Europe and Middle East jostle noisily with each other. Having said that, the book did appear rambling at times and was bit of a drag at places. The details with which the paintings and illustrations of old masters were described became bit repetitive for me and if not for an seemingly innocuous but astute observational sentence that would appear uncannily at times, I'd have been tempted to speed-read through middle section. All in all, a book worth a read if you can attune yourself to its somewhat languid pace. ”