Informationen zum Autor Orhan Pamuk is the author of many celebrated books, including The White Castle, Istanbul, Snow, A Strangeness in My Mind and Nights of Plague . In 2003 he won the International IMPAC Award for My Name Is Red , and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Museum of Innocence was an international bestseller, praised in the Guardian as 'an enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling'. Orhan Pamuk lives in Istanbul. Erdag Göknar is Associate Professor of Turkish in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University and former director of the Duke Middle East Studies Center. He is a scholar of literary and cultural studies and an award-winning translator whose research and publications focus on intersections of literature and politics in Turkey and the Middle East; specifically, on late Ottoman legacies in contemporary Turkish fiction, historiography, and popular culture. He is the recipient of two NEA literature fellowships (translation), two Fulbright awards, and residential fellowships at the National Humanities Center and the Stanford Humanities Center. Klappentext WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD 'An extraordinary achievement.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT 'Fabulously rich, highly compelling.' INDEPENDENT 'Chock-full of sublimity and sin.' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW 'Wonderful, dreamy, passionate and august.' SPECTATOR In the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition. Even the illustrious circle of artists are not allowed to know for whom they are working. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their Master has to seek outside help. Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror? With the Sultan demanding an answer within three days, perhaps the clue lies somewhere in the half-finished pictures. Orhan Pamuk is one of the world''s leading contemporary novelists and in My Name is Red , he fashioned an unforgettable tale of suspense, and an artful meditation on love and deception. Vorwort The bestselling murder mystery from Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Zusammenfassung The Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and the Ottoman Empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. In Istanbul at a time of violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their Master has to seek outside help....

Vorwort
The bestselling murder mystery from Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

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Orhan Pamuk is the author of many celebrated books, including The White Castle, Istanbul, Snow, A Strangeness in My Mind and Nights of Plague. In 2003 he won the International IMPAC Award for My Name Is Red, and in 2006 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. The Museum of Innocence was an international bestseller, praised in the Guardian as 'an enthralling, immensely enjoyable piece of storytelling'. Orhan Pamuk lives in Istanbul. Erdag Göknar is Associate Professor of Turkish in the Department of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies at Duke University and former director of the Duke Middle East Studies Center. He is a scholar of literary and cultural studies and an award-winning translator whose research and publications focus on intersections of literature and politics in Turkey and the Middle East; specifically, on late Ottoman legacies in contemporary Turkish fiction, historiography, and popular culture.

He is the recipient of two NEA literature fellowships (translation), two Fulbright awards, and residential fellowships at the National Humanities Center and the Stanford Humanities Center.

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WINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
WINNER OF THE INTERNATIONAL IMPAC DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD

'An extraordinary achievement.' TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT
**'Fabulously rich, highly compelling.'** INDEPENDENT
**'Chock-full of sublimity and sin.'** NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW
**'Wonderful, dreamy, passionate and august.'** SPECTATOR

In the late 1590s, the Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and his empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. At a time of violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition. Even the illustrious circle of artists are not allowed to know for whom they are working. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their Master has to seek outside help. Did the dead painter fall victim to professional rivalry, romantic jealousy or religious terror?

With the Sultan demanding an answer within three days, perhaps the clue lies somewhere in the half-finished pictures.

Orhan Pamuk is one of the world''s leading contemporary novelists and in My Name is Red, he fashioned an unforgettable tale of suspense, and an artful meditation on love and deception.

Zusammenfassung
The Sultan secretly commissions a great book: a celebration of his life and the Ottoman Empire, to be illuminated by the best artists of the day - in the European manner. In Istanbul at a time of violent fundamentalism, however, this is a dangerous proposition. But when one of the miniaturists is murdered, their Master has to seek outside help.