My Name is Red By Orhan Pamuk ( Winner of Nobel Prize for Literature) Published Year: 2001 Page Count: 415 pages Medium Used: Paperback Genre : Orhan Pamuk, Istanbul, Paintings, Ottoman Empire, 16th Century, Drama, Murder Mystery, Romance, 2024-read. Rating : 5/5 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳 Something made me take reading this book way longer than my usual time. Its been over 10 days. But I have no regrets. I have savored every drop of this gorgeous nectar. The writing is simply superb. The prose is mesmerizing. This story comprises of a love story and a murder mystery. The writing transported me back to the time of ruling ottoman empire in Turkey. The story is narrated in first person point of view of various characters .. some of them living, some dead and some non living objects even. Orhan pamuk is the second author from Turkey I have encountered in my reading.. the first being Elif Shafak whom I have come to adore. This writing is much superior and consists of thorough investigation of the ti