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Look at Me
Look at Me
Author: Jennifer Egan
At 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 on...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780385721356
ISBN-10: 0385721358
Publication Date: 10/8/2002
Pages: 432
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3.3 stars, based on 63 ratings
Publisher: Anchor
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover
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Very compelling, multi-layered story. My only complaint is that characters are "left hanging" and you are left wondering what has happened to them. Perhaps that was the author's intent, but I would have liked to tie up loose ends.
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Truly a satisfying read ... complex, involving characters ... moving, thoughtful, unsentimental. Highly recommended!!
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interesting premise. interesting characters, not all terribly likable, but very interesting. made me think on several different levels. an intriguing read.

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  • Currently 3/5 Stars.
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Egan writes at a clip. She's more journalistic and economical with her words than poetic, but there were a few turns of phrase that impressed me with their insight. And, I'm not usually interested in topics that talk about the "me/dia, me/dia, me/dia" aspects of our culture that dominate, but she managed to make me interested. I'm glad I read her, and much of her writing is up to the hype, even if the subject matter felt like it had been done before.


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