I came across this interview after reading Benim Adım Kırmızı (My Name Is Red). Pamuk explains that he would visit The Met every Friday and Saturday evening to study Persian miniature paintings, which are central to the novel.
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Writing is like painting, and some more
I watched an Orhan Pamuk interview on YouTube where he explains his “painterly practice” and how writing and painting are similar to him. Pamuk explains: I think writing novels is also like painting—visual …