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TITLE:
Known and strange things : essays / Teju Cole.
Publication Date:
2016
Publication Information:
New York : Random House,
Physical Description:
xvi, 393 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill.
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.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780812989786
General Note:
Consists of various essays on art, literature, and politics, some previously published in various journals and periodicals.