My Name Is Red: A Wonderful Story of Medieval Turkey

The publishing house Nova knjiga from Podgorica, in cooperation with Nova knjiga plus from Belgrade, has published the work of one of the greatest writers of the XNUMXst century, My Name is Red, by Orhan Pamuk, Nova knjiga announced.

"This historical novel, in which you will not find historical facts, shows medieval Turkey from a completely new angle. The wonderful story is woven around mysterious murders and love, the questioning of religion and philosophy, the confrontation of East and West, and, finally, around the art of the miniature in the moments of its disappearing. This is a novel about the fate of a miniature painter and calligrapher in Constantinople from the end of the XNUMXth century. Through the fate of the painter, the author tells about art, love, happiness, life, death. At times there is a discussion about the essence of Islamic art and the worldview. The richness of language, the abundance of images, associations, the immersion and essence of Islamic civilization and its contacts with the Renaissance spirit, the unique composition and structure of the work confirm that Orhan Pamuk is one of the greatest writers of the XNUMXst century," says the New Book announcement.

A novel in which you will find the wonderful world of the Orient with its colors, its art, aesthetics and mysterious spirit.

"Red is the color of revenge and death, but, above all, the color of passion, inspiration and art. And perhaps, according to Pamuk, the name of the universe is - Red! The color contains the connection between the past and the present. Long ago that world of West and East, the new and old, is not as succinctly and comprehensively described as in this masterpiece," the announcement reads.

Orhan Pamuk is one of the most prominent and best-selling Turkish authors.

This Nobel laureate's novel about murders and intrigues among 16th-century court painters - My name is red only in Turkey has sold over 100 copies and has been translated into over 000 world languages.

Orhan Pamuk's novels My name is Red and the Museum of Innocence, in the New Book edition, can be found in all City bookstores.