{"product_id":"look-at-me-paperback","title":"Look at Me - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJennifer Egan\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST - In this ambitiously multilayered novel from the bestselling, award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e, a fashion model named Charlotte Swenson emerges from a car accident in her Illinois hometown with her face so badly shattered that it takes eighty titanium screws to reassemble it. \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eShe returns to New York still beautiful but oddly unrecognizable, a virtual stranger in the world she once effortlessly occupied. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With the surreal authority of a David Lynch, Jennifer Egan threads Charlotte's narrative with those of other casualties of our infatuation with the image. There's a deceptively plain teenaged girl embarking on a dangerous secret life, an alcoholic private eye, and an enigmatic stranger who changes names and accents as he prepares an apocalyptic blow against American society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs these narratives inexorably converge, \u003ci\u003eLook at Me\u003c\/i\u003e becomes a coolly mesmerizing intellectual thriller of identity and imposture.\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the start of this edgy and ambitiously multilayered novel, a fashion model named Charlotte Swenson emerges from a car accident in her Illinois hometown with her face so badly shattered that it takes eighty titanium screws to reassemble it. She returns to New York still beautiful but oddly unrecognizable, a virtual stranger in the world she once effortlessly occupied. \u003cbr\u003eWith the surreal authority of a David Lynch, Jennifer Egan threads Charlotte's narrative with those of other casualties of our infatuation with the image. There's a deceptively plain teenaged girl embarking on a dangerous secret life, an alcoholic private eye, and an enigmatic stranger who changes names and accents as he prepares an apocalyptic blow against American society. As these narratives inexorably converge, Look at Me becomes a coolly mesmerizing intellectual thriller of identity and imposture.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJennifer Egan\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eis the author of four novels: \u003ci\u003e A Visit from the Goon Squad\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Keep, Look at Me, The Invisible Circus;\u003c\/i\u003e and the story collection \u003ci\u003eEmerald City.\u003c\/i\u003e Her stories have been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker, Harper's Magazine, GQ, Zoetrope, All-Story, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ePloughshares, \u003c\/i\u003e and her nonfiction appears frequently in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine.\u003c\/i\u003e She lives with her husband and sons in Brooklyn.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 544\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 08, 2002\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51755681153312,"sku":"9780385721356","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/e3b54932c37309ecde8185c854536f23.webp?v=1780065700","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/look-at-me-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}