TY - BOOK AU - Shafak, Elif TI - The gaze SN - 9780241201916 U1 - 823.914 PY - 2015/// CY - UK PB - Penguin Books N2 - An 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. Also intertwines tales of a bizarre freak-show in Istanbul in the 1880s. Explores the concepts of ugliness and beauty and the psychological damage that can be done to those who are stared at ER -