Ottoman Legacy

Set in 16th-century Ottoman Istanbul, Pamuk's multi-voiced novel explores a crisis among the Sultan's miniaturists as they wrestle between Islamic tradition and Western influence. A rich meditation on art, identity, and the collision of civilizations at the crossroads of East and West.

A Bosnian Muslim dervish navigates the brutal Ottoman bureaucracy after his brother is condemned. Selimović's masterpiece is a philosophical novel of power, justice, and individual conscience set in the Ottoman Balkans—an indispensable guide to understanding the layered Ottoman heritage of southeastern Europe.