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''Extraordinary.'' SUNDAY TIMES
Dazzling.'' DEBORAH LEVY
''Masterful.'' DAILY TELEGRAPH

Tunde, the man at the centre of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringing to his current work as a teacher of photography on a renowned New England campus. He is a reader, a listener and a traveller drawn to many different kinds of stories: tales from history and the epic; accounts of friends, family and strangers; narratives found in books and films. One man's personal lens refracts entire worlds, and back again.

A weekend spent shopping for antiques is shadowed by the colonial atrocities that occurred on that land. A walk at dusk is interrupted by casual racism. A loving marriage is riven by mysterious tensions. And a remarkable cascade of voices speaks out from a pulsing metropolis.

Tremor is a startling work of realism and invention that examines the passage of time and how we mark it. It i

Tremor

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    A Hardback by Teju Cole

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      Publisher Faber & Faber
      Published 19 October 2023
      ISBN-13 9780571283354
      978-0571283354
      ISBN-10 0571283357
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      Contemporary Fiction

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      ''Extraordinary.'' SUNDAY TIMES
      Dazzling.'' DEBORAH LEVY
      ''Masterful.'' DAILY TELEGRAPH

      Tunde, the man at the centre of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringing to his current work as a teacher of photography on a renowned New England campus. He is a reader, a listener and a traveller drawn to many different kinds of stories: tales from history and the epic; accounts of friends, family and strangers; narratives found in books and films. One man's personal lens refracts entire worlds, and back again.

      A weekend spent shopping for antiques is shadowed by the colonial atrocities that occurred on that land. A walk at dusk is interrupted by casual racism. A loving marriage is riven by mysterious tensions. And a remarkable cascade of voices speaks out from a pulsing metropolis.

      Tremor is a startling work of realism and invention that examines the passage of time and how we mark it. It i

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