Red Dress in Black & White
2020 novel written by Elliot Ackerman
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Red Dress in Black & White is a novel written by Elliot Ackerman.[1][2] The title references actual news photos taken during 2013 protests in Turkey's Gezi Park of a woman with black hair, wearing a red dress and carrying a white bag, who was attacked by the police.[1][2][3][4] Ackerman was based in Turkey for several years as a journalist, and the book was released the week of the seventh anniversary of the protests.[1][3] The book was nominated 2021 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Fiction.[5][6]
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| Author | Elliot Ackerman |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Knopf |
Publication date | May 26, 2020 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 288 |
| ISBN | 978-0525521815 |
Overview
Red Dress in Black & White is set in Istanbul over the course of a single day.[1][3][7] It focuses on Murat, a "debt-ridden" Turkish real estate developer, and his wife Catherine, an American who trained as a dancer and is now a museum trustee and art patron.[1][2][3][7] Catherine wants to leave Murat and return to the US with their son William and her lover, an American photographer named Peter.[1][2] Another character, Kristin, an American diplomat, is linked to Murat, Catherine, and Peter, and influences much of the action.[1][3]
