The gaze
Shafak, Elif, 1971-2010
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The author explores body image and desirability. An overweight woman and her lover - a dwarf - go out in disguise to avoid being stared at. The book suggests the powerful effects the gaze of a passerby can have on a person.
Main title:
The gaze / Elif Shafak ; translated from the Turkish by Brendan Freely.
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Imprint:
London : Penguin, 2010.
Collation:
264 p. ; 20 cm.
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Marion Boyars, 2006.
ISBN:
9780141048949 (pbk)
Dewey class:
894.3533
Language:
EnglishTurkish
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BRN:
778583
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