{"product_id":"black-paper-9780226641355","title":"Black Paper","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wide-ranging collection of essays from a celebrated master of the form.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"He takes in news from African countries and American cities; but also, by necessity and interest, Asian, European and Latin American culture and history. In short, the world belongs to Cole and is thornily and gloriously allied with his curiosity and his personhood.\"-- \"Claudia Rankine, New York Times Book Review, on Known and Strange Things\" \"The forms of resistance depend on the culture they resist, and in our era of generalizations and approximations and sloppiness, Teju Cole's precise and vivid observation and description is an antidote and a joy. This is a book written with a scalpel, a microscope, and walking shoes, full of telling details and sometimes big surprises.\"-- \"Rebecca Solnit, on Known and Strange Things\" \"[Teju Cole is] an emissary for our best selves. He is sampling himself for our benefit, hoping for enlightenment, and seeking to provide pleasure to us through his art. May his realm expand.\"   -- \"Norman Rush, New York Review of Books, on Known and Strange Things\" \"The places he can go, you feel, are just about limitless.\"   -- \"Dwight Garner, New York Times, on Every Day Is for the Thief\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations Preface  Part One After Caravaggio  Part Two: Elegies Room 406 Mama’s Shroud Four Elegies Two Elegies A Letter to John Berger A Quartet for Edward Said  Part Three: Shadows Gossamer World: On Santu Mofokeng An Incantation for Marie Cosindas Pictures in the Aftermath Shattered Glass What Does It Mean to Look at This? A Crime Scene at the Border Shadow Cabinet: On Kerry James Marshall Nighted Color: On Lorna Simpson The Blackness of the Panther Restoring the Darkness  Part Four: Coming to Our Senses Experience Epiphany Ethics   Part Five: In a Dark Time A Time for Refusal Resist, Refuse Through the Door Passages North On Carrying and Being Carried  Epilogue Black Paper  Acknowledgments Index","brand":"The University of Chicago Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49400076206423,"sku":"9780226641355","price":19.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780226641355.jpg?v=1730469637","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/black-paper-9780226641355","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}