Question

A novel by this author contains the story of a secluded Prince who spends ten years burning books in an obsessive quest to become “himself.” The even-numbered chapters of a novel by this author are all articles by a missing journalist that the protagonist pursues and then impersonates while looking for his own wife, Ruya, who is also missing. In that novel by this author, (*) Galip becomes obsessed with a writer later found dead, Jelal. In another novel by this author, a man is murdered after preparing a secret book of artworks in the Venetian (10[1])style. Artistic subjects like a tree and Satan narrate chapters (10[1])of that novel by this author, which centers on an investigation by Black. For 10 points, name this author of colorfully-titled novels like The Black Book and My Name is Red. ■END■

ANSWER: Orhan Pamuk
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DaoudOxford HornetsBuzzers Karamazov9410
KrolMagisters LudiBroken Imperial Nomads10410

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2023 BHSU @ Northwestern02/25/2023Y6100%17%17%84.50
2023 BHSU @ Maryland03/11/2023Y3100%0%33%123.33
2023 BHSU @ Berkeley03/18/2023Y3100%0%33%103.67
2023 BHSU Online04/15/2023Y4100%25%25%101.50
2023 BHSU @ Sheffield04/15/2023Y2100%0%0%99.00