Description
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 NOW ***
Information
Author: Shafak Elif
Publication date: April 30, 2015
Manufacturer: The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Historical novels in english, Fiction in english, English novels
Type: Books - paperback
Pages: 272
ISBN/EAN: 9780241201916