Overview
The stunningly well praised second novel from Jennifer Egan the author of the bestselling A Visit from the Goon Squad, which also won the Pulitzer Prize.
Reconstructive facial surgery after a car crash so alters Manhattan model Charlotte that, within the fashion world, where one''s look is oneself, she is unrecognizable. Seeking a new image, Charlotte engages in an Internet experiment that may both save and damn her. As her story eerily converges with that of a plain, unhappy teenager - another Charlotte - it raises tantalizing questions about identity and reality in contemporary Western culture.
Jennifer Egan''s bold, innovative novel, demonstrating her virtuosity at weaving a spellbinding, ambitious tale with language that dazzles, captures the spirit of our times and offers an unsettling glimpse of the future.
- | Author: Jennifer Egan
- | Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
- | Publication Date: Sep 15, 2011
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781780330990
- | ISBN-10: 1780330995
