My name is Red
In Istanbul, in the late 1590s, the Sultan secretely 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 the time of a violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition. Any work of...
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In Istanbul, in the late 1590s, the Sultan secretely 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 the time of a 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.
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Format: papier
ISBN:
0571200478
Publish date: 2001 (data przybliżona)
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 417
Edition language: English
Category:
Novels,
Literature,
Book Club,
Historical Fiction,
Mystery,
Art,
Contemporary,
Asian Literature,
Turkish Literature,
Fiction,
Historical
I should have googled this book before buying. Yes, it is literature. It is the kind of literature that killed off the main character in the first few pages of the book. The rest of the book is the people the dead person knew and kind of explain why he was killed. That's the plot. If yo...
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