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The Gaze

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  • Author: Elif Shafak
  • Publisher: Viking
  • EAN/ISBN: 9780141048949
  • Size: 13x20cm
  • Binding: Paperback
Once again Elif Shafak, author of “the Bastard of Istanbul” and the “Flea Palace”. has concocted another fascinating look into Turkish culture with “The Gaze”; this one though, spans two stories joined together by what happens when we look at each other.

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” considers the damage which can be inflicted by our simple desire to look at others.
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