Orhan Pamuk - "My Name is Red"

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Originally Posted by Brandon

I really enjoyed it. A lot of works in translation read like somebody's slow cousin, but this one stayed crisp.

I actually got to reading this because Pamuk just joined the faculty of my MFA program. So far he taught a seminar/lecture that focused (unfortunately) on Thomas Mann's "Tonio Kroger." He's a terrifyingly smart guy.

You must be at Columbia? I went there from 1998-02.