From award-winning writer Elif Shafak, the Orange Prize long-listed author of Th
e 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 s
o 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 t
o look at others.
