My Name is Red

Four masters of Persian miniature painting are commissioned to illustrate a secret book for the sultan, so that his name and deeds may achieve immortality and glory through the ages. However, rumors circulate in the city that the book contradicts the laws of the Muslim world, that it is made according to the principles of the Venetian godless, and any careless witness who dares to look at the forbidden pages will inevitably go blind. After the brutal murder of one of the artists, it becomes clear that continuing the work on the sultan's order is mortally dangerous, and the identity of the murderer can only be established by closely examining the intricate lines of the mysterious drawing...
«My Name is Red» is the most popular novel by Orhan Pamuk, the most famous Turkish writer and Nobel Prize laureate in literature.