Teju Cole - Böcker

Skälvning är hjärtskärande och ömsint… en bok som vidgar och osäkrar vår upplevelse av tjugohundratalet. The Guardian Skälvning utforskar vad som utgör ett meningsfullt liv i en våldsam v&...

Läs mer »

Life is hopeless but it is not serious. We have to have danced while we could and, later, to have danced again in the telling. Tunde, the man at the centre of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringi...

Läs mer »

"Fantastisk, en klar femma." Yukiko Duke, SVT Gomorron Sverige "Cole ger hopp om romankonstens fortlevnad ... En stor och rik roman. Något av det bästa jag läst på mycket, mycket länge." Anneli Jordahl, Sydsvenskan "Det är...

Läs mer »

'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 cur...

Läs mer »

A young man returns to Nigeria after fifteen years in New York. The country of his childhood has changed: it has found fast-food restaurants, email cafes, contempt for authority and the all-consuming draw of 'money for nothing'. From the...

Läs mer »

A profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form. Darkness is not empty, writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a book that meditates on what it means to sustain our humanityand witness the humanity of othersin a time of darkness. One of t...

Läs mer »

Darkness is not empty, writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a collection of essays that meditate on what it means to keep our humanityand witness the humanity of othersin a time of darkness. Cole is well-known as a master of the essay form, and in Bla...

Läs mer »

The shadow of a tree in upstate New York. A hotel room in Switzerland. A young stranger in the Congo. In Blind Spot, readers will follow Teju Cole's inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm, as he continues to refine the voice and int...

Läs mer »

In this innovative synthesis of words and images, the award-winning author of Open City and photography critic for The New York Times Magazine combines two of his great passions. One of Time 's Top 10 Non-Fiction Books of the Year - One of Smithso...

Läs mer »

The bestselling debut novel from a writer heralded as the twenty-first-century W. G. Sebald. A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss and surrender, Open City follows a young Nigerian doctor as he wanders aimlessly along the s...

Läs mer »

'The past, if there is such a thing, is mostly empty space, great expanses of nothing, in which significant persons and events float. Nigeria was like that for me: mostly forgotten, except for those few things that I remembered with outsize i...

Läs mer »

Life is hopeless but it is not serious. We have to have danced while we could and, later, to have danced again in the telling. Tunde, the man at the centre of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringi...

Läs mer »

Life is hopeless but it is not serious. We have to have danced while we could and, later, to have danced again in the telling. Tunde, the man at the centre of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringi...

Läs mer »

A young man decides to visit Nigeria after years of absence. Ahead lies the difficult journey back to the family house and all its memories; meetings with childhood friends and above all, facing up to the paradox of Nigeria, whose present is as bu...

Läs mer »

Shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay A blazingly intelligent first collection of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief. With thes...

Läs mer »

A blazingly intelligent first collection of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief.With these pieces on politics, photography, travel, history and literature - many of which have become viral sensations, s...

Läs mer »

The shadow of a tree in upstate New York. A hotel room in Switzerland. A young stranger in the Congo. InBlind Spot, readers will follow Teju Cole's inimitable artistic vision into the visual realm, as he continues to refine the voice and inte...

Läs mer »

Life is hopeless but it is not serious. We have to have danced while we could and, later, to have danced again in the telling. Tunde, the man at the centre of this novel, reflects on the places and times of his life, from his West African upbringi...

Läs mer »

The bestselling debut novel from a writer heralded as the twenty-first-century W. G. Sebald. A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss and surrender, Open City follows a young Nigerian doctor as he wanders aimlessly along the s...

Läs mer »

A New York Times Notable Book • One of the ten top novels of the year —Time and NPR  NAMED A BEST BOOK ON MORE THAN TWENTY END-OF-THE-YEAR LISTS, INCLUDING The New Yorker • The Atlantic • The Economist • Ne...

Läs mer »

A haunting novel about national identity, race, liberty, loss, dislocation, and surrender, Cole's "Open City" seethes with intelligence. Written in a clear, rhythmic voice that lingers, this is a mature, profound work by an important new...

Läs mer »

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY DWIGHT GARNER, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle | NPR | The Root | The Telegraph | The Globe and Mail NATIONAL BESTSELLER • FINALIST, P...

Läs mer »

An "extraordinary, ambitious" ( The Times UK) novel that masterfully explores what constitutes a meaningful life in a violent world--from the award-winning author of Open City New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice - "Cole's min...

Läs mer »

"With this collection of more than fifty pieces on politics, photography, travel, history, and literature, Teju Cole solidifies his place as one of today's most powerful and original voices. On page after page, deploying prose dense with beau...

Läs mer »

NAMED ONE OF THE TEN BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY DWIGHT GARNER, THE NEW YORK TIMES • NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY San Francisco Chronicle | NPR | The Root | The Telegraph | The Globe and MailNATIONAL BESTSELLER...

Läs mer »

A powerful, intimate novel that masterfully explores what constitutes a meaningful life in a violent world--from the award-winning author of Open City Life is hopeless but it is not serious. We have to have danced while we could and, later, to hav...

Läs mer »

________________ 'This anthology will help turn your intellectual understanding of oppression into an emotional one' - New Statesman 'Thanks for being who you are and for giving us such exposure to wonderful people. Palestine is pro...

Läs mer »

________________'This anthology will help turn your intellectual understanding of oppression into an emotional one' - New Statesman'Thanks for being who you are and for giving us such exposure to wonderful people. Palestine is proud of you' - Suad...

Läs mer »

Kerry James Marshall is one of Americas greatest living painters. History of Painting presents a groundbreaking body of new work that engages with the history of the medium itself. In Kerry James Marshall: History of Painting, the artist has widen...

Läs mer »

Eine genreübergreifende Erzählung des nigerianischen Literatur-Shooting-Stars Teju Cole. Die Mischung aus Roman, Memoir und Collage eröffnet den Schülerinnen und Schülern eine doppelte Perspektive und weitet den Blick auf die Brüche und Verwerfung...

Läs mer »