Look At Me (2001, ISBN 978-0-385-50276-4) is a novel by American writer Jennifer Egan.[1] It was a National Book Award Finalist.[2] The novel was described in The New Yorker as "an energetic, unorthodox, quintessentially American vision of America," [3] and in Kirkus Reviews as "a surprisingly satisfying stew of philosophy, social commentary, and storytelling."[4]

The plot concerns several characters and weaves in and out of first and third person narratives, with the main character/narrator being Charlotte Swenson, who is attempting to revive her once-great career as a fashion model in New York City after a devastating car accident outside her hometown of Rockford, Illinois that resulted in reconstructive surgery to her face. Also explored are the lives of Michael West, a mysterious new math teacher in Rockford, Moose Metcalf, eccentric college professor and older brother of Charlotte's childhood friend Ellen, and Charlotte Hauser, Ellen's black-sheep teenage daughter.

References

  1. ^ "LOOK AT ME by Jennifer Egan". www.publishersweekly.com. September 1, 2001.
  2. ^ "Look at Me". National Book Foundation.
  3. ^ "Look at Me". The New Yorker. October 22, 2001.
  4. ^ "LOOK AT ME | Kirkus Reviews" – via www.kirkusreviews.com.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Look_at_Me_(novel)
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