Known and strange things : essays /
"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...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Random House,
[2016]
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| Summary: | "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."--Amazon.com. |
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| Item Description: | Consists of various essays on art, literature, and politics, some previously published in various journals and periodicals. |
| Physical Description: | xvi, 393 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780812989786 0812989783 |