{"product_id":"known-and-strange-things-essays-paperback","title":"Known and Strange Things: Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTeju Cole\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA blazingly intelligent first book of essays from the award-winning author of \u003ci\u003eOpen City\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEvery Day Is for the Thief\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTime -\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e - \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar - San Francisco Chronicle - The Atlantic - Financial Times - Kirkus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the PEN\/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the Essay and PEN\/Jean Stein Book Award\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 beauty and ideas, he finds fresh and potent ways to interpret art, people, and historical moments, taking in subjects from Virginia Woolf, Shakespeare, and W. G. Sebald to Instagram, Barack Obama, and Boko Haram. Cole brings us new considerations of James Baldwin in the age of Black Lives Matter; the African American photographer Roy DeCarava, who, forced to shoot with film calibrated exclusively for white skin tones, found his way to a startling and true depiction of black subjects; and (in an essay that inspired both praise and pushback when it first appeared) the White Savior Industrial Complex, the system by which African nations are sentimentally aided by an America \"developed on pillage.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Persuasive and provocative, erudite yet accessible, \u003ci\u003eKnown and Strange Things\u003c\/i\u003e is an opportunity to live within Teju Cole's wide-ranging enthusiasms, curiosities, and passions, and a chance to see the world in surprising and affecting new frames. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eKnown and Strange Things\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"On every level of engagement and critique, \u003ci\u003eKnown and Strange Things\u003c\/i\u003e is an essential and scintillating journey.\"\u003cb\u003e--Claudia Rankine, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e(Editors' Choice)\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"A heady mix of wit, nostalgia, pathos, and a genuine desire to untangle the world, or at the least, to bask in its unending riddles.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Brilliant . . .  \u003ci\u003eKnown and Strange Things\u003c\/i\u003e] reveals Cole's extraordinary talent and his capacious mind.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eKnown and Strange Things\u003c\/i\u003e] showcases the magnificent breadth of subjects  Cole] is able to plumb with . . . passion and eloquence.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazaar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Cole is] one of the most vibrant voices in contemporary writing.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eLA Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Cole has fulfilled the dazzling promise of his novels \u003ci\u003eEvery Day Is for the Thief\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOpen City\u003c\/i\u003e. He ranges over his interests with voracious keenness, laser-sharp prose, an open heart and a clear eye.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Remarkably probing essays . . . Cole is one of only a very few lavishing his focused attention on that most approachable (and perhaps therefore most overlooked) art form, photography.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eChicago Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"There's almost no subject Cole can't come at from a startling angle. . . . His  is a] prickly, eclectic, roaming mind.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" Cole] brings a subtle, layered perspective to all he encounters.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In page after page, Cole upholds the sterling virtue of good writing combined with emotional and intellectual engagement.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003eThe New Statesman\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\" \u003ci\u003eKnown and Strange Things\u003c\/i\u003e possesses] a passion for justice, a deep sympathy for the poor and the powerless around the world, and a fiery moral outrage.\"\u003cb\u003e--\u003ci\u003ePoets and Writers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTeju Cole \u003c\/b\u003ewas born in the United States in 1975 and raised in Nigeria. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEvery Day Is for the Thief \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Open City, \u003c\/i\u003e which won the PEN\/Hemingway Award, the Internationaler Literaturpreis, the Rosenthal Family Foundation Award for Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the New York City Book Award, and was nominated for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His photography has been exhibited in India and the United States. He is Distinguished Writer in Residence at Bard College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 432\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 7.9 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 09, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51757772603680,"sku":"9780812989786","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/72d11f5536e6d7d54d4f72852a83fac5.webp?v=1780111410","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/known-and-strange-things-essays-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}