The Gaze
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
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272 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2006 by Viking · ISBN 9780141961385
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Editions
2 editions
English
- The Gaze · Viking · 2015 · ISBN 9780141961385 This page
- The Gaze · Marion Boyars · 2006 · ISBN 9780714531212
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