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2001 novel by Jennifer Egan
Look At Me
AuthorJennifer Egan
LanguageEnglish
GenreNovel
PublisherNan A. Talese / Doubleday
Publication date2001 (1st edition)
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages432 pp (Hardcover edition)
ISBN978-0-385-50276-4

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

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.


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