"From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of A Visit From the Goon
Squad. 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 tantalising 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."
"Brilliantly unnerving. . . . A haunting, sharp, splendidly articulate novel."" "-"The New York Times"
"Comic, richly imagined, and stunningly written. . . . An energetic, unorthodox, quintessentially American vision of America." -"The New Yorker"
""Look at Me" is so engrossing, energetic, sharp, and funny, it reminded me of Ralph Ellison's masterpiece, "Invisible Man."" -Maureen Corrigan, "Fresh Air" (NPR)
"Arresting. . . . "Look at Me "is the real thing-brave, honest, unflinching. [It] is itself a mirror in which we can clearly see the true face of the times in which we live." -Francine Prose, "The New York Observer
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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"
"Intriguing. . . . An unlikely blend of tabloid luridness and brainy cultural commentary. . . . The novel's uncanny prescience gives "Look at Me "a rare urgency." -"Time"
"Egan has created some compelling characters and written provocative meditations on our times. . . . [She] has captured our culture in its edge-city awfulness." -"The Washington Post Book World"
""Look at Me" is a complicated novel . . . but the questions it raises are worth following a lifetime of labyrinths toward the answers." -"Los Angeles Times"
"Ambitious, swiftly paced. . . . Egan writes with such shimmering elan that it's easy to follow her cast on its journey." -"The Wall Street Journal"
"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 satisfyingclick." -"Philadelphia Inquirer"
"Impressive. . . . Few recent books have so eloquently demonstrated how often fiction, in its visionary form, speaks of truth." -"Salon.com"
""Look at Me "makes us think about our trust in the images that bombard us, and what we give away in the process." -"Chicago Tribune"
"Egan's rich new novel . . . is about bigger things: double lives; secret selves; the difficulty of really seeing anything in a world so flooded with images." -"The Nation"
"Stunning. . . . This is more than a story, it's a thought-world, a novel of ideas brilliantly cloaked in the skin of characters." -"The Sunday Oregonian"
"Egan's take . . . is surreal and profoundly ironic and exaggerated, but it still rings true. . . . Beneath it all, she finds characters worth saving." -"Hartford Courant"
"Breathtaking. . . . Combines the tautness of a good mystery with the measured, exquisitely articulated detail and emotional landscape of the most literary of narratives. . . . Sure to leave readers thinking about these very real characters for some time to come." -"BookPage"
"An imaginative, well-paced read with serious questions about the elusiveness of meaning inside the gilded cage. Egan has intelligence to burn but plenty of feeling too." -"People"
"Part mystery, part cultural critique, ["Look at Me"]"," . . build[s] to a conclusion that is unexpected and disturbing, and mak[es] an incisive statement about our society's obsession with fame and glamour." -"San Francisco Chronicle"
"Riveting. . . . As the book gains momentum, Egan's writing is both fluid and driven, with wonderful slashes of satire. . . . A remarkable study of our culture . . . and of ourpalpable need to be known." -"O: The Oprah Magazine
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"Egan has created a compelling world. . . . With [her] graceful prose and vivid characterizations, she navigates her plot lines' churning waters with admirable skill." -"Seattle Weekly"
"[A] scintillating inquiry into the complex and profound dynamics of perception. . . . Egan . . . animates a superb cast of intriguing and unpredictable characters, and tells an elegantly structured, emotionally arresting and slyly suspenseful story." -"Newsday"
"Dark, hugely ambitious. . . . As riveting as a roadside wreck-and noxiously, scathingly funny." -"Elle"
"Intelligent and refreshingly dark, Egan's eerie tale has the same mesmerizing pull as the culture it skewers." -"Us Weekly"
"This masterfully plotted work bears the stamp of a perceptive-if not clairvoyant-writer whose disturbing vision . . . rings all too true." -"SF Weekly"
"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"
Title: Look At Me
Subtitle:
Contributors:
By (author)
Jennifer Egan
ISBN 13: 9781780330990
ISBN 10: 1780330995
Publisher: Constable and Robinson
Imprint: Corsair
Publication Date: 27/11/2011
Place of Publication:
London,
United Kingdom
Edition:
BIC Subjects:
Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Dewey Classification:
813.54
(DC22)
NBS Classification: General & Literary Fiction
Format: Paperback
Pages: 416
Height: 197mm
Width: 130mm
Thickness: 31mm
Weight: 426g
Year: 2012