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My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk

Read: My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Re-Read two of my favorite books: Bir Kedi, Bir Adam, Bir Ölüm by Zülfü Livaneli Anayurt Oteli by Yusuf Atılgan alcottacre, I liked My Name is Red, the style the writer used kept me interested throughout the book. Maybe you know, he tells the ...

I read many of these authors years ago so I am listing the names with a few of the books. Orhan Pamuk Snow, My Name is Red, Istanbul, The Black Book, The White Castle Harold Pinter José Saramago Baltazar and Blimunda William Golding Lord of the Flies, Pinch ...

I will be interested in seeing your thoughts on My Name is Red.

... A Life in Four Books by Alasdair Gray Cyrano De Bergerac by Edmond Rostand İshak by Onat Kutlar Reading: My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk

... is one of the few stalwart safeguards I have: it keeps my TBR from falling over! I shall follow the Pearl Rule for My Name is Red.

Kimmers, don't bother too hard about My Name is Red because it's just not all that and a bag of chips. It's dark and dank and dismal. It's meant to be, of course, so the author succeeds admirably making it a gloomy read. I was claustrophobic and mildew-scented after reading it. Unless you ...

My Name is Red is somewhere on Mt TBR. It looked intriguing, but I've never gotten around to reading it in the several years it's languished there. Good on you for volunteering at the school! Although I do have to say that it sounds like almost a fun thing you're volunteering for there... :)

So, now I am reading My Name is Red for book club next week. Not terribly excited to read it. I think it is kind of a dark book. Anyone read it and liked it? I started cataloging and bar coding the library at my daughter's school. Also trying to create a manual for my volunteers to help ...

... d): 2007 - Doris Lessing: The Golden NotebookThe Habit of LovingThe Fifth Child 2006 - Orhan Pamuk: Snow, My Name is Red 2005 - Harold Pinter: lots of his 2003 - J. M. Coetzee 2001 - V. S. Naipaul: A House for Mr Biswas, India, a Wounded Civilisation 1999 - Gün ...

Well, there you have it; it's official: Le Salon Litteraire's non-tome-ic Feb, 2010 read will be . . . My Name is Red. Mac, I wanted to do April for you, but...there's just no way those of us reading Infinite Jest, beginning March, will be done by April. Anybody(s) like to guide us through ...

... 179-180! OK, my official requests for upcoming reads at the Salon aside from what's already decided on: I am a cat My Name is Red thanks! Over and out.

I also like The Quarterly Conversation. >177 I think My Name is Red is Pamuk's masterpiece. His new book The Museum of Innocence is scheduled to be out sometime this month.

... read an article today about Orhan Pamuk and wondered if anyone would be interested in reading one of his books. Maybe My Name is Red or Snow? I still want us to read I am a cat at some point. I am now very much looking forward to Les Miserables. While The Octopus is ...

#194 Let me know what you think - I'm shifting My Name is Red up the TBR pile... 96) G. K. Chesterton - Selections from his non-fictional prose 999 Category 1 - non-fiction (5/9) I've been reading this in small ...

... * Kim by Rudyard Kipling * Reading Lolita in Tehran by Azar Nafisi * Three cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson * My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk * The Bhagavad Gita * The Heart of the World - A Journey to the Last Secret Place (w/Intro by Dalai Lama) by Ian Baker * Mao: The Unkno ...

... scholar has to tell him. Slowly their identities start to confuse. This was my first reading of Orhan Pamuk (I own My Name is Red, but never seem to get round to it) and I found the book extremely absorbing. 94) Dear Fatty - Dawn French 999 Category 6 - Biography/autobiograp ...

I don't think he's topped My Name is Red but I haven't read (The White Castle or) everything he's done by any means.

... The New Life is also set in contemporary Turkey. From there, I'd hit the novels set in the past - The White Castle and My Name is Red. Finally, Other Colors is a nice collection of literary and personal essays that would go well with the Istanbul memoir. As you can tell, I'm quite ...

... Baldwin Memoirs of a Survivor by Doris Lessing The Making of the Representative for Planet Eight by Doris Lessing My Name Is Red by Orphan Pauk The Book of Blanche and Marie by Per Olov Enquist The Silent Duchess by Dacia Maraini The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco Candide ...

Title Theme - the only connection a word in the title - probably colours 1 My Name is Red by Orphan Pamuk 2 Chrome Yellow by Aldous Huxley 3 Shades of Grey by Jasper Fforde 4 blue 5 green 6 black 7 white 8 9 10

Ik heet Karmozijn van Ohran Pamuk aangeschaft met een boekenbon voor mijn verjaardag. Heerlijk cadeau! Ik moet er nog in beginnen, maar dit boek werd mij aanbevolen door iemand die wist dat ik een cursus Miniatuurschilderen met oude verftechnieken in het Catharijneconvent had gevolgd. Dit ...

Two from PBS: My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk...ostensibly for a Group Read on SHELFARI... Fire Bell in the Night by Geoffrey S Edwards...because it's been on my Wishlist for too long :-}

#67: I had My Name is Red home from the library just before Dad had his stroke and as a result did not get it read. I will have to check it out again. Thanks for the reminder.

:-) never tried a RDCB maybe I should! My Name is Red is my favourite of Pamuks, listening to it would of confused me though!

Finally finished my 'June' book. My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Very enjoyable historical fiction by a Turkish author featuring a murder among the sultan's miniaturists. Chapters are told from a variety of viewpoints, including stories told by both characters and their drawings. A better ...

... early 70's with the RDCB--my mom was a fan of those! She still hunts them out at library sales. Audiobook #6 (total 43) My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Very enjoyable historical fiction by a Turkish author featuring a murder among the sultan's miniaturists. Chapters are told from a variety ...

Yesterday I finished Cormac McCarthy's The Orchard Keeper and before that I read My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk and The Garden of the Last Days by Andre Dubus, so my friends are surprised my current fiction choice is Dead Until Dark by Charlene Harris, the first novel in the Sookie Stackhouse ...

... Id Midnight's Children The Satanic Verses A Tale of Two Cities Dutchman and the Slave To Kill a Mockingbird My Name is Red The Unknown World Dreams from My Father And things I could stand to read again... at an older age: The Wretched of the Earth by Fanon Invisibl ...

... Id Midnight's Children The Satanic Verses A Tale of Two Cities Dutchman and the Slave To Kill a Mockingbird My Name is Red The Known World (Thanks for the correction) Dreams from My Father And things I could stand to read again... at an older age: The Wretched of ...

... car and get sidetracked by traffic, etc and find myself having to relisten to tracks multiple times. My current audiobook, My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk is going to be even more of a challenge to listen to while driving.

... car and get sidetracked by traffic, etc and find myself having to relisten to tracks multiple times. My current audiobook, My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk is going to be even more of a challenge to listen to while driving. Book 31 Across Time and Death by Jenny Cockell 4 stars Yup, due to ...

... use a little more Pamuk in my life. I read Snow, once, about two years ago. This year, I look forward to reading My Name is Red. I'll be sure to let you know what I think...once I do...

... to Hope: From Black Suffering to Human Redemption by Quinton Hosford Dixie The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk The Red Tree by Shaun Tan

I loved My Name is Red so much I bought a hard cover for my library and gave away the paper back. I studied economics, but I guess it didd't take.

... my money. I had my monthly "Book & Beer" Club meeting tonight (still on meds, drank O'Doul's) & we picked for next month My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk kso I ordered that in paper. Not a huge savings but you know ...

Another couple: A reasonably obvious one is My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk - there are lots of miniaturists! A significantly less obvious one is Let the Wind Speak by Juan Carlos Onetti - the protagonist is a painter, amongst other things, and creation is an important theme. Disclaimer ...

... titels, omdat in mijn omgeving iedereen juichend is. Helaas, ik heb de klik niet, het zal nooit wat worden. Ook Ik heet Karmozijn van Pamuk heb ik al jaren ongelezen in de kast staan. Ben een paar keer begonnen en vind het begin ook prachtig, maar na een tijdje kom ik altijd andere ...

... de la infamia (in Spanish) 7. Salman Rushdie: Haroun and the Sea of Stories (in Finnish) 8. Orhan Pamuk: Benim Adım Kırmızı (in Finnish) 9. Kiran Desai: Hullabaloo in the Guava Orchard (in Finnish)

... by Colm Tóibín 2005 The Known World by Edward Jones 2004 This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun 2003 My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk 2002 Atomised by Michel Houellebecq 2001 No Great Mischief by Alastair MacLeod 2000 Wide Open by Nicola Barker 1999 Ingenious Pain ...

... set in this city: Istanbul by Orhan Pamuk (not a novel, but a memoir) The Black Book, also by Pamuk, whose fabulous My Name Is Red was also set in Istanbul The Janissary Tree by Jason Goodwin, who has also written a couple of sequels, The Snake Stone and The Bellini Card The Saran ...

... the characters interact with the spirit world. The novels of Orhan Pamuk, a modern-day Turkish writer ... I've read My name is Red, set in Istanbul in the late 1500s, and Snow, set in modern-day Turkey, and highly recommend both.

My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk read in February 2007

Let's See. I've read: Orhan Pamuk: I loved his Nobel acceptance speech. I've read Snow. I really want to read My Name is Red Elfriede Jenelik: I've read the Piano Teacher Toni Morrison: FAVORITE I've read The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon and Beloved. Bluest Ey ...

Let's See. I've read: Orhan Pamuk: I loved his Nobel acceptance speech. I've read Snow. I really want to read My Name is Red Elfriede Jenelik: I've read the Piano Teacher Toni Morrison: I've read The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon and Beloved. Bluest Eye and S ...

Let's See. I've read: Orhan Pamuk: I loved his Nobel acceptance speech. I've read Snow. I really want to read My Name is Red Elfriede Jenelik: I've read the Piano Teacher Toni Morrison: I've read The Bluest Eye, Sula, Song of Solomon and Beloved. Bluest Eye and S ...

... the stacks of books I have here that I've yet to get around to. However, I would definitely suggest you also read My Name is Red by Pamuk. It was highly entertaining.

... Pamuk, I had a situation where the first book, The Black Book was absolutely NOT my cup of tea but then when I got to My Name is Red I found it to be such a great read that I was glad I hadn't given up on him altogether. I don't do that with most authors. Only the ones who've received Nobel ...

... able to appreciate the work of a Nobel prize winner, then I musn't be all that intelligent after all. But then I read My Name is Red, another book of his, and thoroughly enjoyed it and this brought me much comfort. By the time I got to Beloved I was surprised when I found myself ...

From the 999 challenge this January/February: Fiction Loitering with Intent by Muriel Spark My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk The School of Essential Ingredients by Erica Bauermeister (999?) Giraffe by J.M. Ledgard Nonfiction The Ice Museum by Joanna Kavenna Ten Discoveries That R ...

finished my name is red by orhan pamuk. i rated it a 4ish. just started gilead by marilynne robinson. heard the first hour. the narrator has a very rich voice. i've also been reading essays from lives of the artists by calvin tomkins. i'm actually holding the book and using my eyes for ...

... the book. I am glad that I can lay that to rest now. I gave up on Snow by Orhan Pamuk and then I also tried to read My Name is Red by him and gave up on that too. I'm now keeping away from his books. I think his style is just not for me at this point in my life.

... it really enriched the whole experience. I loved knowing something about the ladies behind the paintings. I never realized My Name is Red was bout art. I just assumed for some reason it was about war. I will have to look for it. One of the best books in this genre in my opinion is The Forest Lo ...

... Lady and the Unicorn by Tracy Chevalier 4. The Painted Kiss by Elizabeth Hickey 5. My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk 6. Lydia Cassatt Reading the Morning Paper by Harriet Scott Chessman 7. Life Mask by Emma Donoghue 8. As Above, So Bel ...

finished do androids dream of electric sheep? by philip dick and started my name is red by orhan pamuk.

World Literature 1. Mr. Muo's Traveling Couch by Dai Sijie 2. My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk 3. Fury by Salman Rushdie 4. Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami 5. Clash of civilizations over an elevator in Piazza Vittorio by Amara Lakhous--Finished 6. Contempor ...

... Now I'm thinking about You: An Owners Manual My list beyond that is Kindred Getting Started Knitting Socks My Name is Red The Screwtape Letters The Divine Comedy Tracking Trash The Robber Bride The Knitters Book of Yarn The Mysts of Avalon American Gods Don ...

... East Desert Queen: The Extraordinary Life of Gertrude Bell by Janet Wallach 4 stars finished 5/3/2009 7. Turkey: My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk started 6/7/2009 (audiobook) 8. Africa West With the Night by Beryl Markham 4.5 stars 8/24/2009 9. 3. India Family Matters by Rohi ...

... of those. I am almost done with The Omnivore's Dilemma, and really enjoying it. Next I think I'm going for either My Name is Red or Kindred.

... Inheritance of Loss (India) Finished July 19 viii. Life And Death Are Wearing Me Out (China) Finished August 13 ix. My Name Is Red

... potential reading list here. Doris Lessing -- a lot, but mostly back in the 70s and 80s Orhan Pamuk -- only My Name Is Red Harold Pinter-- read some of the plays years ago J. M. Coetzee -- only Disgrace Toni Morrison -- many Nadine Gordimer -- many Gabri ...

... Montaillou: The Promised Land of Error Ant Farm: And Other Desperate Situations Surely You're Joking, Mr.Feynman! My Name Is Red Blood Meridian: Or the Evening Redness in the West Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions (Signet Classics) Brazilian Adventure (Marlboro Travel) P ...

Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Rosencrantz and Gildenstern Are Dead by Tom Stoppard Flyboy Action Figure Comes With Gasmask by Jim Munroe Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow

I actually had several books I couldn't get through, ergo clunkers: My Name is Red The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao Baltasar and Blimunda The Piano Teacher The Line of Beauty I also finished, but really hated, In a Free State.

My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk The Man with no Name:Elementary Level by Evelyn Davies The Third Man by Graham Greene The Third George by Jean Plaidy The Madness of King George by Alan Bennett

... gattopardo (1959) I need help selecting the Nobel Prize winner's books. I'm thinking Independent people by Laxness, My name is red by Pamuk and Blindness by Saramago. As for Le Clézio, I don't have a clue. Has anyone read some of these books / authors?

... bok, ring den inn med harde parenteser. Må bare prøve med noen yndlingsbøker også: Himmelblomsttreets muligheter Mitt navn er Karmosin Magisk!

The first novel that springs to mind is Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red. There are many different narrators, switching chapter by chapter; besides the human characters who take that role, it is also given to such unlikely objects as a dog, a gold coin, and the color red.

My name is red by Orhan Pamuk is the obvious one - the central character is a miniaturist in 16th century Istanbul. But be warned that it's a fairly philosophical sort of novel, with a lot about the nature of representation in art, and about its role in Islam. Going right back to Byzantine ...

Just Go To Bed by Mercer Mayer Altar of the Dead by Henry James My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Beloved by Toni Morrison South by Java Head by Alistair MacLean

Dreams of My Russian Summers by Andre Makine My Father's Words by Charles Turk My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Ines of My Soul by Isabel Allende Floating in My Mother's Palm by Ursual Hegi

... the Big Red Dog by Norman Bridwell Red Storm Rising by Tom Clancy The Red Tent by Anita Diamant My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk Where the Red Fern Grows by Wilson Rawls

Got it. My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk.

My Name Is Redby Orhan Pamuk from SqueakyChu's library I love historical mysteries, and love exploring other cultures thru mysteries, so this sounds quite interesting.

My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk The Red House Mystery by A.A. Milne Cherry Ames, Student Nurse by Helen Wells Ruby Holler by Sharon Creech Brick Lane by Monica Ali

... friend of mine who loves Orhan Pamuk and she said that she found Snow the toughest of all his books. She recommended My Name Is Red, which I actually own, so I'll try with that first and maybe come back to Snow at another time...

4> Our book club read My Name is Red; I think I suggested Snow, Istanbul, and My Name is Red, and the group picked the mystery. I did not find Snow boring. I think, though, that I don't have to rush back to Pamuk. Robert

MID-YEAR PROGRESS REPORT My 2008 goal is to visit 20 new countries. My progress so far: Turkey - My Name is Red (review), DNF - Orhan Pamuk Italy - The Leopard

20. My Name is Red - Orhan Pamuk “What could be more exquisite than looking at the world’s most beautiful pictures while trying to recollect God’s vision of the world?” A miniaturist is murdered, and from the bottom of a well, his corpse begins the story of My Name is Red. A ...

I'd suggest: Miss Smilla's Feeling for Snow by Peter Hoeg The Name of the Rose by Umberto Eco My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk

... beautiful. I also got City of Falling Angels, All She Was Worth, Crimson Petal and the White, Samaritan, and My Name is Red. Three of these are to replace library books I know I won't have time to finish. I also got five of the Poetry for Young People series for my daughter. She ...

LOVED Snow. I'm working on more Pamuk now (first The White Castle and then My Name is Red). I really appreciated the range of female characters in Snow. The veil can be used in endless ways, for political or social or economic reasons as well as religious ones. I also want to add a ...

I read My Name is Red because someone who'd read a lot of Pamuk recommended it as the one to read first.

Frankly, of all his books, Snow is my least favorite. I usually recommend trying My name is Red first. It is a bit more lively, although, I also enjoyed The Black Book.

I read My Name Is Red and found it difficult, fascinating, and mystifying. It didn't inspire me to read more Orhan Pamuk, but this thread is making me consider changing my mind.

... Als ik 'het wel weet' dan stop ik. Zo heb ik Woede uitgelezen, omdat ik me afvroeg of het echt niet beter werd, maar Ik heet Karmozijn niet. Daarvan wist ik het wel.

... at Canasta. I have already ordered The Story of Lucy Gault because I love Wiliam Trevor's style. I also began My Name is Red this past week and this shows a lot of promise. Yesterday I awoke with a horrible headache, though, and I knew I couldn't focus on it. So I picked up Class ...

My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. As well, depending on how broad your definition is, there's Richard Powers' Plowing the Dark. (It's a difficult but richly rewarding book.) The artists here are concerned with virtual reality, creating artistic landscapes. Plenty of talk about art and ...

My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk

... gorging on them! (I must be hungry). I have two more Ursula Hegi novels on my TBR pile. I have read Snow , My Name is Red, and Istanbul by Pamuk. I recently finished The Black Book and think that you will not be disappointed. A friend of mine and I call him "our Orhan", we ...

... me to pick it up soon. Have you read other books by Orhan Pamuk? I've read Snow (which I thought fantastic) and My Name is Red, and I have The Black Book and The New Life on my shelves. I find it tempting to zip through the latter two, but I like to space out my reading of authors ...

... is/was the truth. I am not sure about this because it is still on my TBR list but it has been said about Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red that it "has an insane number of first-person narrators, including a murdered man, a drawing of a horse, Satan, the colour red" telling a (single) story, not ...

I hit the library last night and brought away The Magic Mountain, Sputnik, Sweetheart, My Name is Red, The Spirit Catches You, Cheating at Canasta and An Invisible Sign of my Own. It's a good thing next week is spring break. Maybe I'll leave the house, maybe I won't.

Colors 3-1. My Name is Red, Orhan Pamuk 3-2. A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess 3-3. Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 3-4. Black Swan Green, David Mitchell 3-5. Girl in Hyacinth Blue, Susan Vreeland 3-6. The Color Purple, Alice Walke ...

How about My Name is Red, by recent Nobel Prize-winning Turkish author Orhan Pamuk? One of the best novels I've read in recent years -- set in 17th-century Istanbul. Brilliant.

Momom, I think My Name is Red is one of my all-time favorite reads. It is complex and works so beautifully on multiple levels. I found the history of illuminators fascinating. A friend of mine and I call him "our Orhan". I actually just started reading The Black Book after some somewhat ...

hemlokgang, have your read My Name is Red? I see it has gotten some mixed reviews here on LT. I also purchased that book as well. The story was intriguing and I just loved the cover.

#52, 63 76 and others--I just purchased My Name is Red and looks like many folks had a tough go of reading this book. I am debating on returning it or giving it a go. The book club I am in chose Pamuk's Snow and I am hoping that one is good. Anyone else read Snow? Your comments??

I have read 2 Pamuks now: My Name is Red and Snow. I thought they were both good, but he has a strange writing style which is a bit dreamlike and one-paced. Both books felt a bit floaty to me ( I don't really know what this means either, but it seems to fit). I actually thought the style suited ...

avaland, I gave up on My Name is Red. I really wanted to like it and maybe it needs an approach such as that suggested by A_musing. But this was a library book so I couldn't take the "off and on" approach.

linsacl, did you finish My Name is Red, I thought you had said elsewhere that you couldn't get into it and moved on to something else. I have not yet read Pamuk but have acquired a few of his works.

# 52 and others: I also found My Name is Red a tough read. But, whenever I put it down, I couldn't stop thinking about... actually I'm still thinking about it. I've have put Foreigner aside. It just wasn't catching me. Now I'm trying Eating Stone by Ellen Meloy, which is wonderful so far.

I love My name is Red. Of course, I've been reading it, off and on, for a couple of years. Every time I set it down, however, I picked it back up a few days, weeks or months later. Here in Boston, as well as in New York, we've had several good exhibits of Persian and Indian (not so much Turkish ...

>48 amandameale, we normally like the same type of books but I gave up on My Name is Red last night. I am quite unhappy about it since I rarely fail to finish a book and this one received so much critical acclaim. But when after three sittings I wasn't yet immersed in the book, and I kept ...

NEW COUNTRIES - FEBRUARY 2008 MIDDLE EAST Turkey - My Name is Red (review), DNF - Orhan Pamuk This was a light month in terms of new countries. I also updated my 2008 goals in message #17, and the visited countries ...

#34 lindsacl: My Name is Red is a slow read but I found it worth the effort. It was my personal Book of the Year a few years ago.

#16, lindsacl, I also found My Name Is Red hard to get into, and then overall very perplexing. I ended up liking it, and thinking the writing beautiful and haunting, but it is one of the strangest books I've read, and I don't think I got everything out of it that I could have. I read it because ...

I am about 50 pages into My Name is Red. I'm pretty sure this is yet another book I heard a lot about from LT, but it's taken me some time to get around to it. The first 20 pages or so were confusing but now the story is beginning to gel.

I've left the English seaside and am now in late 16th-century Turkey. I just started My Name is Red last night and being only a few pages into it, I am still a bit puzzled as to what is going on but I'm sure it will become clearer soon.

... Thirteenth Tale - Diane Setterfield Great Expectations - Charles Dickens My Name is Red - Orhan Pamuk In Cold Blood - Truman Capote Alias Grace - Margaret Atwood

... the Devil Why do buses come in threes? Is God really in control? Oranges are not the only fruit Blame the sky My name is Red Uh... Hey... Mom and Dad, I'm dropping out of college Why do we say that? One flew over the cuckoo's nest Looking up the aisle Mister God, This ...

... src="http://images.amazon.com/images/P/0375706852.01._SX50_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg"> My Name is Red - review, I know this book received considerable critical acclaim, but I just couldn't get through ...

... One must honestly engage both the good and the bad of their allies and opponents. It's only logical. I've only read My Name is Red, but I nevertheless think it's fair to say that I love Pamuk, and look forward to reading another one of his works...

... -- Great Expectations is the first Dickens I chose to teach to middle schoolers, and it never let me (or them) down. My Name is Red is definitely moving up a few places in the TBR pile, and now I understand your question about the pursuit of happiness in Snow -- clearly comparing to the ...

... more Nobel winners, I'm using the Nobel list to kick-start my journey. To start with, I plan to read / visit: Turkey - My Name is Red (review), DNF - Orhan Pamuk Austria - TBD, Elfriede Jelinek Hungary - Kaddish for a Child Not Bo ...

... with The Custodian of Paradise by Wayne Johnston Germany with The Book Thief by Markus Zusak Istanbul with My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk as well as Istanbul, Memories and the City India and New York with The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai Leningrad with The Mad ...

Possession by A.S. Byatt My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov (a re-read) A Month in the Country by J.L. Carr Bleak House by Charles Dickens (another re-read)

My Name Is Red - Orhan Pamuk

June 2007 23. My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk This will likely be one of my top reads for 2007. A book as jewelled as the miniatures it writes about, it is a murder mystery, a love story, a history lesson all in one. Set in 16th C. Turkey, it details the period when the miniaturists ...

A noble endeavour! You can find some Ottoman history in the books of Nobel laureate Orhan Pamuk, such as My Name is Red and The White Castle. I would also recommend the books of Finnish author Mika Waltari, both The Dark Angel and The Wanderer, the sequel to the equally ...

I'd be up for a Pamuk at some point, though I expect a lot of folks have already read some, especially Snow and My Name is Red (though I haven't read Snow, probably his most popular book). Might be best to choose one of his others, like The white castle for a future read.

Speaking of Pamuk, My name is Red is wonderful, and so is The white castle, and Istanbul is fantastic. So, whatever you decide to read, you cannot go wrong!

... The Translator. Snow is a Pamuk I haven't yet read, but all of Pamuk deserves discussing in a thread like this - My name is Red actually has some stylistic similarities to what I like in The Translator, though it is three levels higher in terms of intellectual challenge and complexity. ...

... I read that I was aware was a winner was Marquez, years ago. Then when I read Pamuk's New Yorker piece last year, I read My Name is Red and loved it. So I checked out the site to see who else had received the award... I was surprised to see that I had read quite a few of the writers, and I'v ...

... ngarten Call Me By Your Name - Andre Aciman Don't Stop The Carnival - Herman Wouk Earth Abides - George R. Stewart My Name Is Red - Orhan Pamuk

Our Game Tom Swift and His Electric Rifle Your House on a Diet He's Your Dog Charlie Brown My Name is Red

... by Patricia Highsmith Diary of a nobody by George & Weedon Grossmith Nobody knows my name by James Baldwin My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk The Red Queen by Margaret Drabble

lriley, what do you think of My name is Red? I am one of those who enjoyed it.

... counter, I saw the Heat Illuminator, Master Osman, for the first time in fifteen years; he seemed like an apparition." My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk *edited to correct a typo*

... to agree with #4: I do this with just about every author I've ever read, if I like them. I've just discovered Orhan Pamuk My Name is Red and know another love affair has begun. May it ever be so!

My name is Red Oranges are not the only fruit Novel on yellow paper How green was my valley The girl in blue Indigo, or mapping the waters Violet

No need to say you are sorry, groo my sweet. How did you know my name is windy britches?

Either Snow or My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk. The Lovely Bones by Alice Sebold And I guess it was published too late in 2006 to make the list: The Road by Cormac McCarthy

I'm in Istanbul, halfway through My Name is Red, which I've been absorbed in; about to plunge headlong, for more. The only break has been for non-fiction, in 18th century London, with my beloved Samuel Johnson. Defining the World: the extraordinary story of Dr. Johnson's Dictionary is - ...

I just finished reading My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. I have liked all the other books by Pamuk -(my favourite is Snow) I had trouble getting through this one although I liked the structure. next up Moral Disorder by Margaret Atwood.

Have been steadily marching with Mao: the unknown story and My name is Red but am overwhelmed by work constraints and related reading. Have to speed re-read Arthur and George and The Observations for Reading Groups but really want to start one of the eighteen books sitting by the side of ...

... now and how it got there, with tons of great anecdotes. Very thoughtful and of the moment. At the same time, I'm reading My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk. Fascinating thriller/romance set in medieval Istanbul.

... GeorgiaDawn, may this be the first but not last China Mieville of your reading life. >39 Lizzier, back to work on My Name is Red!! ;-) Today began reading a library book called Grape Man of Texas about the Texan horticulturist who led the fight against the phylloxera virus that ...

Detoured slightly from My name is red by reading The black book of secrets in the middle of the night, which pleased and surprised me by not being yet another standard questing fantasy novel. Some interesting discussion points concerning guilt and the easement of conscience - not perhaps ...

>114, lizzier, I really enjoyed My Name is Red for the pace and detail. I hope you love it too!

... line. The first re-read very well and who knows, I may yet return to it. Have now started, during the insomniac hours, My name is red by Orhan Pamuk and am already speculating and feeling I should have a crash course in miniatures. Looks Good.

Next 13. My Name is Red by Orham Pamuk So many people in the Asian Fiction & Non-Fiction group have read it. Sharpe's Tiger by Bernard Cornwall This series, about a British soldier in the Napoleonic Wars, has a devoted following, so I thought I ought to check it out. This is the first ...

I cringe when I see so many of my favorites are slammed here (Kite Runner, Life of Pi, My Name is Red, The Known World) and elsewhere. But, in fact, there is a lot overlap between the worsts lists and the favorites. It comes down to personal taste. You'll need to make your own decision ...

I loved My Name Is Red. It was first real foreign author I had read -- I used it for my book talk in my Bibliography of the Humanities class. Book has murder and art history. The translation is a bit odd when it comes to sexual connotations used throughout, but I loved it.

... invidious mix, but not as offensive as some on the list. I'm glad to see I'm not the only one who got bored and annoyed by My Name is Red, which I put down with a guilty intention to finish but may possibly just leave.

Ok, so I added another 30 or so books... #1 remains Jane Eyre #100 Prep 776 users 10% #162 My Name is Red 458 users 50% #811 The Course of the Heart by M. John Harrison (40 users) My unshared remains the same.

... running our book club has made a lot of effort so we don't get bored. She chooses Nobel prize winners like Orhan Pamuk's My Name Is Red one month, then mixes it up with Chekov plays, modern autobiographies like Father Joe and classics like Germinale by Emile Zola. A few of us have ...

... Tiobin 2005 The Known World by Edward P Jones. 2004 This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun 2003 My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk 2002 Atomised by Michel Houellebecq 2001 No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod 2000 Wide Open by Nicola Barker 1999 Ingeniou ...

... I'd list the following. On Beauty by Zadie Smith Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk There were parts I enjoyed in all of these, but I felt each of them lacked something overall, some more than the others.

I did recommend it only because I just finished Snow which I loved. Plus, I just happened to have an unread copy of My Name is Red in the house. I can't start the book yet because I'm on a bookring for The Historian, which has over 700 pages, and I don't want to start another long novel ...

... of his writing. I love that he describes settings so beautifully you feel as though you're right there living the novel. My Name is Red is on its way to me now and I am planning to do the reading group for that. I have heard so much good stuff about him and am glad I finally gave his work a ...

Litfan, I have not read Snow yet, but I have read My name is Red, and am currently reading both The White Castle and Istanbul: memories and the city. I am pleased to say that I already knew and appreciated Orhan Pamuk way before the Nobel Prize. His way of writing is captivating and ...

... a few years ago, as a friend gave me a copy for my birthday. I am also reading The White Castle, which he wrote before My name is Red and I like it too. Well, I am proud to say that I have read Pamuk before he became as famous as he is today...;-) Kidding aside, I would recommend his ...

Litfan, Pamuk's books are wonderful. I read My name is Red quite a while ago, and thoroughly enjoyed it. I am presently reading Istanbul: memories and the city, and can hardly put it down!

Welcome This is an open group read if you are interesting in reading Orhan Pamuk's My Name Is Red. Please feel free to read and post here, or read along and follow everyones posts. Beg, trade, mooch, buy, swap, cross, check out a copy! Read it by January 25th, 2007, This is open ...

... finished or if something comes to mind...new members may join and wish to comment so it's always open now. Alrighty it's My Name Is Red as people are already reading it. Start whenever you like, BUT kinda hold off on comments for a bit. We've got Thanksgiving & Christmas coming up. If ...

Possession by A.S.Byatt My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk The meaning of night by Michael Cox

I've got a copy of My Name Is Red. It's a bookcrossing book. If you want, I can send it to you. I only ask that you journal it and release it when you're done. PM me if you want! (I'll double check that I know where it is tonight.)

I don't know either, SqueakyChu, but I just checked out My Name is Red from the library.

... recommend this book. I'm going to run out and buy her first novel as soon as I can. Also read Orhan Pamuk's My Name is Red, feeling negligent that I hadn't yet read anything by him. Maybe I should have read it before Adichie's book, because although I found it clever, funny ...

Did we finish Kitchen? I'll join you if you do My Name is Red, but I honestly don't know which book was chosen.

Are we finished Kitchen? I'll join you if you do My Name is Red, but I don't know which book was chosen.

SOOOO uh....which Orhan Pamuk did we decide on? My Name Is Red or Snow

... the new The Paris Review Interviews I, Half of a Yellow Sun by Adichie, Vikram Seth's An Equal Music, My Name is Red as my first Orhan Pamuk work, and a collection of Gogol short stories. I don't expect to read all of these, but I want to have a choice depending on ...

... LotR (despite my general liking for sci-fi) and I'm almost afraid to say it because he just won the Nobel, but I loathed My Name is Red with a passion and a vengeance. Does anyone else use the Booker as a list of what not read? I developed that rule after ploughing through The Famished Road ...

... enjoyable, but lack the mythological complexity that characterizes the Sandman series, for instance. Next I have my eye on My Name is Red, in honor of Orhan Pamuk's Nobel win.

Pamuk's writing in My Name is Red is nothing like Rushdie. The vast passages on art would never be found in the latter. I was fascinated by the concept that art (in the novel) must not contain anything new. These days, mostly in art and music, one must be new or one is a fool. Of course the ...

As someone who is usually turned off by "magic realism," I just want to weigh in here and say the one Pamuk book I've read, My name is red, is NOT magic realism in any kind of off-putting sense ... it's just a great book ... with fascinating insight into non-Western art.

When I went to Amazon to check them out the plot for My Name is Red really appealed, however, I like guidlines so Snow is winning me over a bit. When I checked out The Borzoi Reader, I got so excited, I had to leave-they all look good!

... Name Is Red Chapter by Chapter would be fine by me. So what does everyone else think? We're leaning more towards My Name Is Red then others, but Snow is still on the table. Chapter by chapter? or other?

I likes My Name is Red, but I had lost contact with my copy for a while. When I came back to it, it took a while to untangle the characters in my head. I'm looking forward to reading another of his. Thanks, avaland, for bringing this list to my attention. I added it onto my listofbests.com ...

I'll agree to any of his books. I already have My Name is Red in my possession, but have not yet read it. A fair warning: that book is kind of thick so we'll need that extra bit of time for which you've already planned.

I read My name is Red a few years ago and quite enjoyed it. It is ok for me. I just bought The white castle, which is his first book published in English. Perhaps we could consider that as well?

... the more Midnight's Children looks like the odd book out. His two best novels are probably The Black Book and My Name Is Red. The leading Orientalist (and novelist) Robert Irwin likened The Black Book to Paul Auster's The New York Trilogy, insomuch that it is a ...

The summary/review I read for My Name is Red at amazon did sound good!

I vote for My Name is Red.

... straight forward than his fiction, all of which plays numerous post-modern games. His best novels to date are probably My Name is Red and The Black Book. Not easy reading, but good reading.

... reading his second novel, Snow, but found the structure (or something) off-putting. I will try it again but certainly My Name Is Red is superior.

Hmmm... My Name is Red is another one that has been languishing on my to-be-read shelf and might have to be moved up in the queue. I have been wanting to delve into Pamuk's work for some time. Have you read any of his other books, amandameale? Would you say that My name is red is a good place ...

I have been following this prize since I read My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuuk a few years ago. I loved it but can't urge anyone to read it because it is not an easy read. I was also hugely impressed by this year's winner The Master by Colm Toibim. Again, it's not for everybody - if ...

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... is more Oriental than Occidental...just think about it...exotic, mysterious, etc. etc. That is why I suggested Pamuk. My name is Red is an excellent book.

... Pamuk!!! I just finished reading his Snow and thought it was my best read of the year so far. I'd love to read My Name is Red which I even own...but isn't Turkey in Europe?! :-) I'd make an exception for this "exceptional" author.

what about My name is Red by Orhan Pamuk (Turkey)?