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Fiction, Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
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Corsair
- Paperback Nov 20, 2009 | 9781780330990 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 3, 2017 | 9781405538893 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 20, 2009 | 9781780330983 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Little, Brown Audio
- Paperback Nov 20, 2009 | 9781780330990 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 3, 2017 | 9781405538893 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 20, 2009 | 9781780330983 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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Corsair
- Paperback Nov 20, 2009 | 9781780330990 | RRP $22.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Oct 3, 2017 | 9781405538893 | RRP $35.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Nov 20, 2009 | 9781780330983 | RRP $11.99 Buy Now
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The stunningly well praised second novel from Jennifer Egan the author of the bestselling A Visit from the Goon Squad, which also won the Pulitzer Prize.
Reconstructive facial surgery after a car crash so alters Manhattan model Charlotte that, within the fashion world, where one's look is oneself, she is unrecognizable. Seeking a new image, Charlotte engages in an Internet experiment that may both save and damn her. As her story eerily converges with that of a plain, unhappy teenager - another Charlotte - it raises tantalizing questions about identity and reality in contemporary Western culture.
Jennifer Egan's bold, innovative novel, demonstrating her virtuosity at weaving a spellbinding, ambitious tale with language that dazzles, captures the spirit of our times and offers an unsettling glimpse of the future.
Praise for Look at Me
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...a comic, richly imagined, and stunningly written exploration of the American obsession with self-invention. - New Yorker
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Brilliantly unnerving. . . . A haunting, sharp, splendidly articulate novel. - The New York Times
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Egan limns the mysteries of human identity and the stranglehold our image-obsessed culture has on us all in this complicated and wildly ambitious novel. - Newsweek
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Ambitious, swiftly paced. . . . Egan writes with such shimmering elan that it?s easy to follow her cast on its journey. - The Wall Street Journal
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Dark, hugely ambitious. . . . As riveting as a roadside wreck and noxiously, scathingly funny. - Elle
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Egan's ability to move with ease between sincerity and satire sets Look at Me apart. . . . Her authentic-feeling details give a sense of unusual immediacy. - Vogue
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Prescient and provocative. . . . The characters . . . jump from the pages and dare you to care about them. . . . The prose is crisp and precise. . . . The pieces fit together at the end with a satisfying click. - Philadelphia Inquirer
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Enjoyable and promising. - Financial Times
Jennifer Egan
Jennifer Egan is the author of six previous books of fiction: Manhattan Beach, winner of the Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Fiction; A Visit from the Goon Squad, which won the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circle Award; The Keep; the story collection Emerald City; Look at Me, a National Book Award Finalist; and The Invisible Circus. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, Granta, McSweeney's, and The New York Times Magazine. She lives with her husband and sons in Brooklyn.
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