A "New York Times" Notable Book - One of the ten top novels of the year --"Time" and NPR
NAMED A BEST BOOK ON MORE THAN TWENTY END-OF-THE-YEAR LISTS, INCLUDING "The New Yorker" - "The Atlantic" - "The Economist" - "Newsweek"/The Daily Beast - "The New Republic" - New York "Daily News - Los Angel[...]
Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks meet a need for Julius: they are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of work, and they give him the opportunity to process his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlf[...]
A young man returns to Nigeria after fifteen years in New York. Like him, the country of his childhood has grown up quickly: found fast-food restaurants, email cafes, contempt for authority; the all-consuming draw of 'money for nothing'. From the consulate in Manhattan to the dusty streets of Lagos,[...]
A young man returns to Nigeria after fifteen years in New York. Like him, his childhood country has grown up quickly: found fast-food restaurants, email cafes, contempt for authority; the all-consuming draw of money for nothing. From the consulate in Manhattan to the dusty streets of Lagos, life in [...]
A "New York Times" Notable Book - One of the ten top novels of the year --"Time" and NPR
NAMED A BEST BOOK ON MORE THAN TWENTY END-OF-THE-YEAR LISTS, INCLUDING "The New Yorker" - "The Atlantic" - "The Economist" - "Newsweek"/The Daily Beast - "The New Republic" - New York "Daily News - Los Angel[...]
NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY DWIGHT GARNER, "THE NEW YORK TIMES"
NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY
"San Francisco Chronicle - "NPR - "The Root - The Telegraph - The Globe and Mail
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NATIONAL BESTSELLER - TEJU COLE WAS NAMED ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL AFRICAN[...]
For readers of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and Michael Ondaatje, "Every Day Is for the Thief" is a wholly original work of fiction by Teju Cole, whose critically acclaimed debut, "Open City, " was the winner of the PEN/Hemingway Award and a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and was n[...]
Den sorte amerikanske forfatter, fotograf og kunsthistoriker Teju Cole (f. 1975) er en ny stjerne på forfatterhimlen. Hans gennembrudsbog, Åben by, tog de amerikanske læsere og kritikere med storm. [...]
Teju Coles debutroman hyllades av en entusiastisk kritikerkår både i USA och Storbritannien när den utkom 2011, och den blev en oväntad försäljningsframgång.
Öppen stad handlar om Julius, en ung doktorand i psykiatri som tillbringar sin lediga tid till fots på New Yorks gator. På ytan[...]
Teju Coles debutroman hyllades av en entusiastisk kritikerkår både i USA och Storbritannien när den utkom 2011, och den blev en oväntad försäljningsframgång.
Öppen stad handlar om Julius, en ung doktorand i psykiatri som tillbringar sin lediga tid till fots på New Yorks gator. På ytan �[...]
En man återvänder till Nigeria efter många år i New York. Han landar i ett Lagos som är laddat med barndomens minnen men också något främmande: våld, en plötslig vaksamhet. Berättaren tar in staden genom att röra sig genom den, i buss eller bil; inte sällan fastnar han i en av de evighe[...]