At once a fiendishly devious mystery, a beguiling love story, and a brilliant symposium on the power of art, My Name Is Red is a transporting tale set amid the splendor and religious intrigue of sixteenth-century Istanbul, from one of the most prominent contemporary Turkish writers.
The Sultan has commissioned a cadre of the most acclaimed artists in the land to create a great book celebrating the glories of his realm. Their task: to illuminate the work in the European style. But because figurative art can be deemed an affront to Islam, this commission is a dangerous proposition indeed. The ruling elite therefore mustn’t know the full scope or nature of the project, and panic erupts when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears. The only clue to the mystery-or crime? -lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves. Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, My Name is Red is a kaleidoscopic journey to the intersection of art, religion, love, sex and power.
Translated from the Turkish by Erda M Goknar.
伊斯坦堡，1590年代末期，蘇丹祕密委製一本偉大的書簎：頌揚他的生活與帝國。他找來當時最優秀的畫家，以歐洲的風格為此書作畫。然而，在激進宗教基本教義運動盛行的當時，這是一項危險的計劃。任何具像藝術的作品皆被視為對伊斯蘭教的砥觸。為了自身的安危，參與繪畫的藝術家們必需暗中進行計畫。
然而，一位纖細畫家失蹤了，唯恐已遭殺害，這時他們的大師不得不尋求外援。遇害的畫家究竟是死於畫師間的夙仇、愛情的糾葛、還是宗教的暴力？蘇丹要求在三天內查出結果，而線索，很可能就藏在書中未完成的圖畫某處……
奧罕‧帕慕克，土耳其最重要的小說家，名聲響譽全世界。在《我的名字叫做紅》中，他不僅編織出一個驚悚的謀殺之謎，對於愛情與藝術創作，更有深刻迷人的闡釋。
本書中譯本《我的名字叫紅》已由麥田出版。
The Sultan has commissioned a cadre of the most acclaimed artists in the land to create a great book celebrating the glories of his realm. Their task: to illuminate the work in the European style. But because figurative art can be deemed an affront to Islam, this commission is a dangerous proposition indeed. The ruling elite therefore mustn’t know the full scope or nature of the project, and panic erupts when one of the chosen miniaturists disappears. The only clue to the mystery-or crime? -lies in the half-finished illuminations themselves. Part fantasy and part philosophical puzzle, My Name is Red is a kaleidoscopic journey to the intersection of art, religion, love, sex and power.
Translated from the Turkish by Erda M Goknar.
伊斯坦堡，1590年代末期，蘇丹祕密委製一本偉大的書簎：頌揚他的生活與帝國。他找來當時最優秀的畫家，以歐洲的風格為此書作畫。然而，在激進宗教基本教義運動盛行的當時，這是一項危險的計劃。任何具像藝術的作品皆被視為對伊斯蘭教的砥觸。為了自身的安危，參與繪畫的藝術家們必需暗中進行計畫。
然而，一位纖細畫家失蹤了，唯恐已遭殺害，這時他們的大師不得不尋求外援。遇害的畫家究竟是死於畫師間的夙仇、愛情的糾葛、還是宗教的暴力？蘇丹要求在三天內查出結果，而線索，很可能就藏在書中未完成的圖畫某處……
奧罕‧帕慕克，土耳其最重要的小說家，名聲響譽全世界。在《我的名字叫做紅》中，他不僅編織出一個驚悚的謀殺之謎，對於愛情與藝術創作，更有深刻迷人的闡釋。
本書中譯本《我的名字叫紅》已由麥田出版。