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Open City by Cole, 'A novel to saviour & treasure Teju BookOpen City by Cole, 'A novel to saviour & treasure Teju Book
Open City by Cole, 'A novel to saviour & treasure Teju BookOpen City by Cole, 'A novel to saviour & treasure Teju Book
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Reminiscent of the works of W.G. Sebald, this dreamy, incantatory debut was the most beautiful novel I read this year--the kind of book that remains on your nightstand long after you finish so that you can continue dipping in occasionally as a nighttime consolation. -Ruth Franklin, The New Republic

A psychological hand grenade. -Alexis Madrigal, The Atlantic, Best Books I Read This Year

"A meditative and startlingly clear-eyed first novel." -Newsweek/Daily Beast Writers' Favorite Books 2011

This year, literary discovery came, for me, in the form of Teju Cole's debut novel, Open City, a deceptively meandering first-person narrative about a Nigerian psychiatry resident in New York. The bonhomous flâneur who strolls Manhattan from top to bottom, reveals, in the course of his walking meditations, both more about the city and about himself than we - or indeed he - could possibly anticipate. Cole writes beautifully; his protagonist is unique; and his novel, utterly thrilling. -Clare Messud in the Globe and Mail

"On the surface, the story of a young, foreign psychiatry resident in post-9/11 New York City who searches for the soul of the city by losing himself in extended strolls around teeming Manhattan. But it's really a story about a lost nation struggling to regain a sense of direction after that shattering, disorienting day 10 years ago. A quiet, lyrical and profound piece of writing." -Seattle Times, 32 of the Year's Best Books

"[Open City is] lean and mean and bristles with intelligence. The multi-culti characters and streets of New York are sharply observed and feel just right...Toward the end, there's a poignant, unexpected scene in a tailor's shop that's an absolute knockout." -Jessica Hagedorn, author of Toxicology in Salon.com "Writers choose their favorite books of 2011"

"I couldn't stop reading Teju Cole's debut novel and was blown away by his ability to capture the human psyche with such beautiful yet subtle prose." -Slate.com, Best Books of 2011

"An unusual accomplishment, 'Open City' is a precise and poetic meditation on love, race, identity, friendship, memory, dislocation and Manhattan bird life." -The Economist, 2011 Books of the Year

"The most interesting new writer I encountered this year." -Books and Culture, Favorite Books of 2011

A Sebaldesque wander through New York. -The Guardian, Best Books of the Year

 

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