A review by jo961blue
My Name Is Red by Orhan Pamuk

5.0

What an enormous book! Physically and emotionally. It took me a while to get into but once I had I was gripped. Not only by the murder-mystery but the details of the lives of the miniaturists, calligraphers, gilders and illustrators and the conditions they worked under. The stories of the ill treatment of apprentices;the valuing of blindness as a ultimate achievement of long years of detailed work; the intrigues between families; the absolutely live and devotion to an art and craft. Just fascinating. Now want to read more of this authors work.