01011nam a22001937a 450000500170000000800410001702000180005803700420007604100120011808200140013010000160014424500090016025000060016926000280017530000080020350005840021165000100079565000120080520251029154315.0251029b        |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d  a9780241201916  cPurchasednMathrubhumi Books, Kaloor   aEnglish  aFbSHA/GA  aElif Shafak  aGAZE  a1  aUKbPenguin Booksc2015  g263  aAn 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...  aNovel  aFiction