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Open City : A Novel by Teju Cole is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
What is Open City : A Novel about?
“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 YearsAlong the streets of Manhattan, a young Nigerian doctor named Julius doing his residency wanders aimlessly. The walks are a release from the tightly regulated mental environment of work, and they give him the opportunity to process his relationships, his recent breakup, his present, his past. Though he's navigating the busy parts of town, the impression of countless faces does nothing to assuage his feelings of isolation.Julius crisscrosses social territory as well, encountering people from different cultures and classes who provide insight on his
Who reads Open City : A Novel?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Teju Cole
- Publisher
- Random House Publishing Group
- Published
- 2011
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780571279449
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Fiction, Literary Fiction
- Rating
- 3.7 / 5 (1,069 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14