MY NAME IS RED by ORAHAN PAMUK

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