FICTION / Contemporary Fiction

Gaze

Winner of the Union of Turkish Writers' Best Novel Prize, Elif Shafak explores what it is to look and be looked at in the humorous and carnivalesque novel The Gaze.

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ISBN: 9780241201916

RRP: 66,00 lei 52,80 lei

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Descriere

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. But while the woman wants to hide away from the world, the man meets the stares from passers-by head on, compiling his 'Dictionary of Gazes' to explore the boundaries between appearance and reality.

Intertwined with the story of a bizarre freak-show organized in Istanbul in the 1880s, The Gaze is a humorous and carnivalesque exploration of what it means to look and be looked at...

Detalii

Editura: Penguin
An apariție: 2015
Nr. pagini: 272
Dimensiuni: 20 x 13 cm

Recenzii

Beautifully evoked ― The Times

Original and compelling ― TLS

Plays with ideas of beauty and ugliness like they're Rubik's cubes

Entertaining and affecting ― Publishers’ Weekly

Elif Shafak is the best author to come out of Turkey in the last decade

A gorgeous novel: worldly, intriguing, raucous yet elegant, teeming with love and cruelty - and brilliantly alive -- A.D. Miller

Shafak's novel is a carefully crafted work of imagination... [it] will confirm Shafak's reputation as a writer of impressive range, who is not afraid to ask the big questions ― Financial Times

Shafak paints a gorgeous picture of a city teeming with secrets, intrigue and romance. Lush ― The Times

Vividly evoked, beautifully written... this edifying novel shows how hate and envy destroy, and how love might build the world anew ― Observer

Shafak blends historical fiction, urban politics and youthful curiosity in an elaborate map of Turkey whose key is the book itself ― Guardian

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