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re: What are you reading?
Posted on 9/18/21 at 3:10 pm to Dubosed
Posted on 9/18/21 at 3:10 pm to Dubosed
My Name is Red by Orhan Pamuk.
I'm about a third of the way through right now, and I'm fascinated. It's about the master artists in Istanbul in the 1500s. They are working together on a masterpiece for the sultan, a large illustrated book. But some of them, instead of continuing to paint in the style of the old masters, are becoming influenced by new, Western ideas of individuality and style. And others are becoming influenced by the ideas of a radical cleric who says that any artistic depiction of a human or animal is a violation of the Koran. And now one of them has been murdered, but who did it, and why?
Since Pamuk is a Nobel winner, I'm expecting the rest of the book to be as good as the beginning.
I'm about a third of the way through right now, and I'm fascinated. It's about the master artists in Istanbul in the 1500s. They are working together on a masterpiece for the sultan, a large illustrated book. But some of them, instead of continuing to paint in the style of the old masters, are becoming influenced by new, Western ideas of individuality and style. And others are becoming influenced by the ideas of a radical cleric who says that any artistic depiction of a human or animal is a violation of the Koran. And now one of them has been murdered, but who did it, and why?
Since Pamuk is a Nobel winner, I'm expecting the rest of the book to be as good as the beginning.
This post was edited on 9/24/21 at 5:29 pm
Posted on 9/18/21 at 7:42 pm to GOP_Tiger
Angels Flight - Michael Connelly. Early Bosch is so damn good
Posted on 9/19/21 at 8:49 pm to Allthatfades
Foundation Trilogy by Isaac Asimov
This will be my first reread this century.
This will be my first reread this century.
Posted on 9/21/21 at 11:54 pm to alphamicro
Jailhouse Lawyer by James Patterson
Posted on 9/22/21 at 12:34 am to NoHoTiger
Foreign Deceit by Jeff Carson. David Wolf #1
Posted on 9/22/21 at 8:20 am to Maytheporkbewithyou
Black Ice by Brad Thor. Love me some Harvath.
Posted on 9/23/21 at 12:17 pm to glassman
The Island - Ben Coes. Its a Dewey Andreas Novel
Posted on 9/24/21 at 7:34 am to LordSnow
The Three Body Problem by Liu Cixin
Posted on 9/25/21 at 1:49 pm to alphamicro
Bloodless by Preston and Child. Latest Pendergast.
Posted on 9/27/21 at 10:43 pm to glassman
The Defector - Daniel Silva
Posted on 9/28/21 at 3:23 pm to Dannunzio
Rationality by Steven Pinker
Posted on 9/28/21 at 4:10 pm to TAMU-93
Basil's War - Stephen Hunter
Posted on 9/28/21 at 7:35 pm to Dubosed
Currently reading The Global Cold War by Olmsted. It’s pretty fascinating so far. It goes way back to imperialism and describes why some third world country movements were drawn to the US and some to the USSR.
Posted on 9/29/21 at 1:14 pm to alajones
The Lost Symbol By Dan Brown
Posted on 9/29/21 at 11:33 pm to NoHoTiger
Hammer of the Gods: The Led Zeppelin Saga by Stephen Davis
Really good book. Zeppelin was wild as hell.
Really good book. Zeppelin was wild as hell.
This post was edited on 10/2/21 at 11:15 pm
Posted on 10/1/21 at 2:12 pm to alphamicro
I'm going to purchase The Cellist by Daniel Silva on the way home this evening. Can't wait to start it.
Posted on 10/1/21 at 11:41 pm to glassman
The Rembrandt Affair - Daniel Silva
Posted on 10/4/21 at 7:54 am to Dannunzio
The Dark Forest by Cixin Liu
Posted on 10/4/21 at 8:43 am to alphamicro
Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin by Timothy D. Snyder
Posted on 10/4/21 at 2:34 pm to andys
Started East of Eden last week.
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