Orhan Pamuk - "My Name is Red"

[theapportioner]

Best book I've read in years. Such great storytelling, with a certain Borgesian quality and richness of ideas. If you don't know, he's a Turkish author who won the Nobel prize in literature in 2006.

[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.

[glowbelly]

i'm going to read this because theapportioner is smart (and handsome)

[theapportioner]

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.

[theapportioner]

Originally Posted by glowbelly

i'm going to read this because theapportioner is smart (and handsome)

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by theapportioner

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

indeed I am. did you go here for undergrad or grad school?

[theapportioner]

Undergrad. Though I just applied to its Masters program in philosophy, so I may go back there next fall.