{"product_id":"the-gaze-by-elif-shafak","title":"The Gaze by Elif Shafak","description":"\u003cspan\u003eA new title from the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Flea Palace\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, shortlisted for the Independent Prize for Foreign Fiction and chosen for Waterstone’s 2005 Summer Reading promotion.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn her prize-wining novel, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, Shafak explores the subject of body image and desirability. An overweight woman and her lover, a dwarf, are sick of being stared at wherever they go, and decide to reverse roles. The man goes out wearing make up, and the woman draws a moustache on her face.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe couple deal with the gaze of passers by in different ways. The woman wants to hide away from the world, while the man meets them head on, even compiling his own ‘Dictionary of the Gaze’ to show the powerful effects a simple look can have.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe narrative of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Gaze\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is intertwined with the dwarf’s dictionary entries and the story of a bizarre freak-show organized in Istanbul in the 1880s as Shafak explores the damage which can be done by our simple desire to look at other people.\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Wide Genre","offers":[{"title":"Soft Cover","offer_id":47513292177628,"sku":null,"price":25.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hard Cover","offer_id":47513292210396,"sku":null,"price":30.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0809\/2044\/5148\/files\/TheGazebyElifShafak.webp?v=1769784705","url":"https:\/\/widegenre.com\/products\/the-gaze-by-elif-shafak","provider":"WideGenre","version":"1.0","type":"link"}