Orhan Pamuk's My Name Is Red (1998) | Book Review and Analysis

The Nobel Prize in Literature for 2006 was awarded to Orhan Pamuk. This is a reflection on My Name Is Red (Benim adım Kırmızı), his fifth novel, which many critics have described as his masterpiece. English translation by Erdağ M. Göknar published by Alfred A. Knopf in 2001. My thoughts on Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's The Time Regulation Institute:    • Ahmet Hamdi Tanpınar's The Time Regulation...   Contents: 00:00 – Epigraph 00:12 – Nobel citation and my experience with Orhan Pamuk 02:15 – Context and structure 04:05 – Plot 05:40 – Subgenres 06:52 – The role of art 08:12 – The notion of style 11:33 – Visual representation 14:39 – The art of digression 16:37 – Three quotations 19:14 – Bottom line