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Dear Colleagues,<BR>
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As we begin our (so-called) "fall break," I wanted to inform you of our schedule for the coming weeks:<BR>
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(1) The second installment of our film series, "Dangerous Books," will take place on 23 October, with a screening of "Fahrenheit 451": 7:00 p.m. in Franklin Patterson Hall East Lecture Hall.<BR>
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(2) Our seminar is about to start meeting again.<BR>
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€ The first session will be:<BR>
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Thursday, 30 October, at the customary time and place:<BR>
7:00 p.m., Emily Dickinson Hall, Room 4<BR>
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We will be discussing the novel, <I>My Name is Red</I>, by Orhan Pamuk:<BR>
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"At the end of the sixteenth century, the art of Ottoman miniature painting is in a precarious state. The sultan has commissioned a great book: a celebration of his life, his empire and the thousandth year of the Hejira, to be illuminated by the best painters in Istanbul. His contractor, Enishte, wants to splash about in the latest European techniques, but Islam forbids the use of perspective—objects must be shown ‘according to their importance in Allah’s mind’. With fundamentalists on the march, Enishte has the artists paint just one section of a picture at a time, so they do not realize they are creating heretical images. <BR>
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"When the gilder is found dead in a well and Enishte is killed in his workshop, fear grips the rest of the miniaturists. Is the murderer in their midst? The sultan demands an answer, and the only clue seems to lie in the half-finished illustrations . . . <BR>
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"Brilliantly narrated by a series of clever characters, <I>My Name Is Red </I>is a stunning brew of mystery, romance and rhapsody on the very nature of art. Inspired and inspiring, it confirms Orhan Pamuk as a Nobel-calibre artist in his own right."<BR>
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If you would like to purchase the book, copies will be available at:<BR>
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Amherst Books<BR>
8 Main Street <BR>
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tel.: 256.1547<BR>
e-mail: nat@amherstbooks.com<BR>
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(The books were scheduled to arrive this week, but there has been a delay. We will send you a notice when they are available.)<BR>
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(3) The second seminar session will take place on 13 November (topic to be determined).<BR>
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(4) The third installment of the "Dangerous Books" film series will be Stanley Kubrick's "Lolita," on 20 November.<BR>
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Thank you very much. We look forward to seeing you soon.<BR>
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With best wishes for a pleasant break,<BR>
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Jim Wald<BR>
(for the Hampshire College Center for the Book)<BR>
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calendar:<BR>
http://webevent.hampshire.edu/cgi-bin/webevent.cgi?cmd=opencal&cal=cal9&<BR>
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