MY NAME IS RED by ORAHAN PAMUK
First thing to say about this book is , it won the noble to
Pamuk in literature in the year 2006 . As all the books , that have won booker
prizes, you will not get hold of what this novel is about till 100th page .
Later once you got the essence of the story and endless characters, its very
engrossing. Author narrates this story interestingly throught with sixty characters , each character
contributes one chapter in the book . You would be shocked to see even death
itself is a character and its narration is very gripping . This is a story of
an istanbulite, Black (name of the person) who to returns to istanbul after travelling
the world for 12 years . Black meets his child hood love his maternal aunt's
daugher Shekure after 12 years. However
, she is no longer miss Shekure but a widower . Shekure is a widower of a
Istanbul war hero . This novel is all
about the Mr.Black and his childhood love for the first half and finding
murderer who killed Shekure's father in the second half . John Grisham would
have better narrated the crime trials better but orhan pamuk found that perfect
blend by encompassing the love of black towards shekure and finding the
murderer of his uncle .
Overall , this is a medley of
various feelings like love , cruelty , horror , poverty , traditionalism of
istanbul, juvilenity of kids and love of a woman towards her husband and
family. Worth of all the adulation critics have endowned upon .
Length and time :
Habitual readers will be able to
finish in 15 to 20 casual reading sessions . Close to 600 pages
