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Name: Benim Adım Kırmızı
Rating: 3.125 (8 reviews)
Author: Orhan Pamuk

My Name Is Red is a 1998 Turkish novel by Orhan Pamuk, translated into English by Erdağ Göknar in 2001. The story revolves around miniaturists and illuminators in the Ottoman Empire of 1591. It established Pamuk's international reputation and contributed to his Nobel Prize. The novel is a blend of historical fiction and a detailed illumination of the book's contents.

First publish date: 1998

Genre: Historical Fiction/Medieval Historical Fiction

Authors: Orhan Pamuk

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