The past, if there is such a thing, is mostly empty space, great expanses of nothing, in which significant persons and events float. Nigeria was like that for me: mostly forgotten, except for those few things that I remembered with outsize intensity. 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 girlfriend, his present, his past. Though he is navigating the busy parts of town, the impression of countless faces does nothing to assuage his feelings of isolation. But it is not only a physical landscape he covers; Julius crisscrosses social territory as well, encountering people from different cultures and classes who will provide insight on his journey - which takes him to Brussels, to the Nigeria of his youth, and into the most unrecognizable facets of his own soul. A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss, dislocation, and surrender, Teju Cole's Open City seethes with intelligence. Written in a clear, rhythmic voice that lingers, this book is a mature, profound work by an important new author who has much to say about our country and our world.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Faber & Faber
ISBN-13
9780571279425
eBay Product ID (ePID)
108556635
Product Key Features
Author
Teju Cole
Publication Name
Open City
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
Transportation
Publication Year
2011
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
272 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
234mm
Item Width
153mm
Item Weight
375g
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Teju Cole
Topic
Books
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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