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My Name is Red
by Pamuk, Orhan
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very near Fine/Fine
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About This Item
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2001. First edition. Hardcover. Very near Fine/Fine. 8vo. [11], xi-xv, [5], 3-417, [9] pp. Quarter orange cloth over red paper boards with gold lettering on the spine. Price of $25.95 on front flap of jacket. Illustrated by a full-page map. Translated from the Turkish by Erdag M. Göknar. A literary murder mystery set in 16th century Istanbul, noted for the shifting of narrators in each chapter including a tree, a gold coin, a dog, and the color red. Pamuk won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2006.
Synopsis
My Name Is Red (Benim Adım Kırmızı) is a Turkish novel by Nobel laureate author Orhan Pamuk. It won the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award in 2003, as well as the French Prix du meilleur livre étranger and Italian Premio Grinzane Cavour awards in 2002. The novel and its English translation established Pamuk's international reputation and contributed to his winning of the Nobel prize.
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- Bookseller
- Evening Star Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 00003056
- Title
- My Name is Red
- Author
- Pamuk, Orhan
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2001
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