내 이름은 빨강 1

by Orhan Pamuk, 오르한 파묵, 이난아 (translator)

6세기 말 오스만 제국의 수도 이스탄불을 통해 동.서양 문명의 충돌과 화해의 역사를 조명하는 추리 소설. 이야기는 1591년, 눈 내리는 이스탄불의 외곽에 버려진 우물 속에서 시작된다. 우물 바닥에 죽어 누워 있는 시체 ‘엘레강스’는 어떻게 해서 자신이 나흘 전에 살해당해 우물 바닥에 던져졌는지를 이야기한다. 세밀화가들 사이의 질투와 긴장감, 낯선 그림에 대한 종교적인 두려움과 그 때문에 벌어지는 살인은, 소설 전체를 감싸고 있는 패배감과 함께 세큐레와 카라의 불운한 사랑 이야기에 맞물려 전개되고 있다.

350 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

Ferit Orhan Pamuk is a Turkish novelist, screenwriter, academic, and recipient of the 2006 Nobel Prize in Literature. One of Turkey's most prominent novelists, he has sold over 13 million books in 63 languages, making him the country's best-selling writer.
Pamuk's novels include Silent House, The White Castle, The Black Book, The New Life, My Name Is Red and Snow. He is the Robert Yik-Fong Tam Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University, where he teaches writing and comparative literature. He was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 2018.
Of partial Circassian descent and born in Istanbul, Pamuk is the first Turkish Nobel laureate. He is also the recipient of numerous other literary awards. My Name Is Red won the 2002 Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger, 2002 Premio Grinzane Cavour and 2003 International Dublin Literary Award.
The European Writers' Parliament came about as a result of a joint proposal by Pamuk and José Saramago. Pamuk's willingness to write books about contentious historical and political events put him at risk of censure in his homeland. In 2005, a lawyer sued him over a statement acknowledging the Armenian genocide in the Ottoman Empire. Pamuk said his intention had been to highlight issues of freedom of speech in Turkey. The court initially declined to hear the case, but in 2011 Pamuk was ordered to pay 6,000 liras in compensation for having insulted the plaintiffs' honor.