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“Cerebral and capacious, Teju Cole’s novel asks what it means to roam freely.”—The New York Times (One of the 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years)

“Influential . . . makes you think about what kind of city is revealed to us based on where we cannot go.”—Katie Kitamura, bestselling author of Intimacies
 
ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR • WINNER: PEN/Hemingway Award, Rosenthal Foundation Award, New York City Book Award
 
“A timely and compelling argument for tolerance and moral character in times of extreme antagonism.”—The New York Times

One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor named Julius doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks are a release from the tigh

Open City A Novel

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      Publisher: Random House USA Inc
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 17/01/2012
      ISBN13: 9780812980097, 978-0812980097
      ISBN10: 0812980093

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      “Cerebral and capacious, Teju Cole’s novel asks what it means to roam freely.”—The New York Times (One of the 25 Most Significant New York City Novels From the Last 100 Years)

      “Influential . . . makes you think about what kind of city is revealed to us based on where we cannot go.”—Katie Kitamura, bestselling author of Intimacies
       
      ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Time, NPR • WINNER: PEN/Hemingway Award, Rosenthal Foundation Award, New York City Book Award
       
      “A timely and compelling argument for tolerance and moral character in times of extreme antagonism.”—The New York Times

      One of The Atlantic’s Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years

      Along the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor named Julius doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks are a release from the tigh

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