Orhan Pamuk; Erdag M. Goknar — My Name Is Red

London, Faber and Faber, 2001. First edition. Paperback. The first English edition of Orhan Pamuk's reclaimed novel about minaturists in the Ottoman Empire, translated here into English by Erdag Goknar. Held in the original publisher's unclipped dustwrapper. The first edition of this English translation. Held in the original publisher's unclipped dustwrapper. 'My Name is Red' is a novel about miniaturists in the Ottoman Empire of 1591. In the first chapter of this novel, one of the miniaturists is murdered. The novel is of very interesting structure and form, being metafiction, with a different narrator to each chapter with some unexpected voices. Originally written by Orhan Pamuk. This work contributed to him receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2006. Translated from Turkish by Erdag M. Goknar, a poet who is best known for this award winning translation. In the original publisher's paper wraps, held in the original unclipped dustwrapper. Externally, smart. Light edgwear, heavier to the head of the spine to the dustwrapper. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Prior owner's ink inscription to the half-title. Near Fine . Ill.: None. Near Fine/Near Fine.