Teju Cole
Known and Strange Things: Essays
- ISBN 13:
- 9780812989786
- author:
- Teju Cole
- format:
- Paperback
- publisher:
- Random House Trade
- language:
- English
- Publication Year:
- 2016
- Pages:
- 384
- Dimensions:
- 13.1 x 2.3 x 20.2 cm
- Genre:
- Biography, Artists, Architects & Photographers, , Teju Cole,Known and Strange Things: Essays,Random House Trade,0812989783,Political Science,Politics / Current Events,Politics/International Relations,Essays,Essays - 21st century,Black American Sociol
- Condition:
- New
- Availability:
- Item usually sent within 7 working days
Description
Blazingly intelligent essays from award-winning author Teju Cole explore politics, photography, travel, history, and literature in this collection of over fifty pieces. With prose dense with beauty and ideas, Cole finds fresh ways to interpret art, people, and historical moments. From the African American photographer Roy DeCarava to the White Savior Industrial Complex, Cole brings new considerations to subjects such as James Baldwin and Boko Haram. Persuasive and provocative, erudite yet accessible, this book offers a chance to live within Cole's wide-ranging enthusiasms, curiosities, and passions. Known and Strange Things is an opportunity to see the world in surprising and affecting new frames, with critique and engagement on every level.
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