04775cam a2200793 4500 463252652 TxAuBib 20201218120000.0 ||||||s2011||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780679604495 0679604499 B004C43GF6 Amazon 6ff4d8f1-3a71-4ccf-a1df-8d3263f8d477 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 29908 29908 29908 480719 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Cole Teju. Open City [Libby] : A Novel. Random House Publishing Group, 2011. family. relationships. Friendship. literary fiction. family life. African American Literature. Immigration. love. Identity. love story. memory. Nigeria. Drama. Travel. New York. African American. friends. literature. Literary. realistic fiction. Nigerian. book club recommendations. African American fiction. african american books. african american novels. Literary gifts. Teju Cole. best book club books. relationship books. realistic fiction books. books by black authors. best books for book clubs. open city by teju cole. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 2657kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. Fiction. Literature. HTML:<b>A</b> <i><b>New York Times</b></i> <b>Notable Book • One of the ten top novels of the year —</b><i><b>Time</b></i> <b>and NPR<br /></b><br /> <b>NAMED A BEST BOOK ON MORE THAN TWENTY END-OF-THE-YEAR LISTS, INCLUDING <i>The New Yorker</i></b> <ul> <li><b><i>The Atlantic</i></b></li> <li><b><i>The Economist</i></b></li> <li><b><i>Newsweek</i>/The Daily Beast</b></li> <li><b><i>The New Republic</i></b></li> <li><b>New York <i>Daily News</i></b></li> <li><b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b></li> <li><b><i>The Boston Globe</i></b></li> <li><b><i>The Seattle Times</i></b></li> <li><b>Minneapolis <i>Star Tribune</i></b></li> <li><b><i>GQ</i></b></li> <li><b>Salon</b></li> <li><b>Slate</b></li> <li><b><i>New York</i> magazine</b></li> <li><b><i>The Week</i> <i>• The Kansas City Star</i></b></li> <li><b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i></b><br /> A haunting novel about identity, dislocation, and history, Teju Cole's <i>Open 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.<br /> <b>"[A] prismatic debut . . . beautiful, subtle, [and] original."<i>—The New Yorker</i></b><br /> <br /> <b>"A psychological hand grenade."—<i>The Atlantic</i></b><br /> <br /> <b>"Magnificent . . . a remarkably resonant feat of prose."<i>—The Seattle Times</i></b><br /> <br /> <b>"A precise and poetic meditation on love, race, identity, friendship, memory, [and] dislocation."<i>—The Economist</i></b></li> </ul>. Media Type: eBook. National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2020-12-18 22:00:03. https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/6FF/4D8/F1/OpenCityANovel9780679604495.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6FF4D8F1-3A71-4CCF-A1DF-8D3263F8D477&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/6FF/4D8/F1/OpenCityANovel9780679604495.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6FF4D8F1-3A71-4CCF-A1DF-8D3263F8D477&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0111-1/6FF/4D8/F1/OpenCityANovel9780679604495.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=6FF4D8F1-3A71-4CCF-A1DF-8D3263F8D477&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)