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...
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 t...
Dread, yearning, identity, intrigue, the lethal chemistry between secular doubt and Islamic fanaticism-these are the elements that Orhan Pamuk anneals in this masterful, disquieting novel. An exiled poet named Ka returns to Turkey and travels to the forlorn city of Kars. His ostensible purpose is to report on a wave of suicides among religious girls forbidden to wear their head-scarves. But Ka is also drawn by his memories of the radiant Ipek, now recently divorced. Amid blanketing snowfall and universal suspicion, Ka finds himself pursued by figures ranging from Ipek's ex-husband to a...
Dread, yearning, identity, intrigue, the lethal chemistry between secular doubt and Islamic fanaticism-these are the elements that Orhan Pamuk anneals...
It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged. But when Kemal encounters Fusun, a beautiful shopgirl and a distant relation, he becomes enthralled. And once they violate the code of virginity, a rift begins to open between Kemal and the world of the Westernized Istanbul bourgeoisie. In his pursuit of Fusun over the next eight years, Kemal becomes a compulsive collector of objects that chronicle his lovelorn progress amassing a museum that is both a map of a society and of his heart. Orhan Pamuk s first novel since...
It is 1975, a perfect spring in Istanbul. Kemal and Sibel, children of two prominent families, are about to become engaged. But when Kemal encounte...
Kemal, ein junger Mann aus der Oberschicht Istanbuls, verfllt der Liebe zu einer armen Verwandten - der blutjungen, naiven und wunderschnen Fsun. Was als Affre begonnen hat, wchst sich bald zu einer Obsession aus, doch das hindert Kemal nicht daran, die Beziehung mit seiner Verlobten fortzufhren. Nach dem rauschenden Verlobungsfest lsst sich die Geliebte nicht mehr blicken. Verzweifelt erkennt Kemal, dass er Fsun ber alles liebt. Doch es ist zu spt. Der Nobelpreistrger Orhan Pamuk erzhlt in seinem groen Liebesroman von einer Gesellschaftsschicht der Trkei, die in vielem ganz und gar westlich...
Kemal, ein junger Mann aus der Oberschicht Istanbuls, verfllt der Liebe zu einer armen Verwandten - der blutjungen, naiven und wunderschnen Fsun. Was ...
Orhan Pamuk schreibt über sein Istanbul. Ein Prachtband, mit zahlreichen Fotografien von Ara Güler, Henri Cartier-Bresson, dem jungen Orhan Pamuk und vielen anderen
Orhan Pamuk schreibt über sein Istanbul. Ein Prachtband, mit zahlreichen Fotografien von Ara Güler, Henri Cartier-Bresson, dem jungen Orhan Pamuk un...
Stan bardzo dobry - książka była czytana, ale jeszcze długo posłuży innym czytelnikom. Ma ślady używania - otwierania i kartkowania, rysy, zabrudzenia. Wygląda jak książka, którą wypożyczasz w bibliotece.
What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? In this inspired, thoughtful, deeply personal book, Orhan Pamuk takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate connections.
Pamuk draws on Friedrich Schiller s famous distinction between...
Stan bardzo dobry - książka była czytana, ale jeszcze długo posłuży innym czytelnikom. Ma ślady używania - otwierania i kartkowania, rysy, zab...
