Editorial Reviews:
Synopsis
pbA /bibNew York Times/b/ib Notable Book • One of the ten top novels of the year —/bibTime/b/ib and NPRbr/b brbNAMED A BEST BOOK ON MORE THAN TWENTY END-OF-THE-YEAR LISTS, INCLUDING iThe New Yorker/i • iThe Atlantic/i • iThe Economist/i • iNewsweek/i/The Daily Beast • iThe New Republic/i • New York iDaily News • Los Angeles Times/i • iThe Boston Globe/i • iThe Seattle Times/i • Minneapolis iStar Tribune • GQ • /iSalon • Slate • iNew York/i magazine • iThe Week/i i• The Kansas City Star/i • iKirkus Reviews/i/bbrbrA haunting novel about identity, dislocation, and history, Teju Cole’s iOpen City/i is a profound work by an important new author who has much to say about our country and our world.br br Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor named Julius wanders, reflecting on his relationships, his recent breakup with his girlfriend, his present, his past. He encounters 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.brbrb“[A] prismatic debut . . . beautiful, subtle, [and] original.”i—The New Yorker/i/bbr br b“A psychological hand grenade.”—iThe Atlantic/i/bbr br b“Magnificent . . . a remarkably resonant feat of prose.”i—The Seattle Times/i/bbr br b“A precise and poetic meditation on love, race, identity, friendship, memory, [and] dislocation.”i—The Economist/i/b/p
