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      The Gaze

      by Elif Shafak
      Published
      Oct 2012
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      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 ***

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      Jul 2006 Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd ISBN 0714531219
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      First Edition Oct 2012 Penguin (UK) ISBN 0141961384
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