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The gaze

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From award-winning writer Elif Shafak, the Orange Prize long-listed author of The Forty Rules of Love and The Architect's Apprentice, The Gaze is a humorous and carnivalesque exploration of what it means to look and be looked at... An obese woman and her lover, a dwarf, are sick of being stared at wherever they go and so decide to reverse roles.

The man goes out wearing make-up and the woman draws a moustache on her face. This elegant, unforgettable novel explores our desire to look at others. 'Beautifully evoked' The Times'Original and compelling' TLS*** ELIF SHAFAK'S NEW NOVEL, THERE ARE RIVERS IN THE SKY, IS AVAILABLE FOR PRE-ORDER NOW ***

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Penguin Books Ltd
0241201918 / 9780241201916
Paperback / softback
30/04/2015
United Kingdom
English
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272 pages
20 cm
Reprint. Translated from the Turkish This translation originally published: London: Marion Boyars, 2006.